Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lagą

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (to lie). Synchronically analyzable as a nominal formation from *ligjaną (to lie, rest on).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*lagą n

  1. situation
  2. law
  3. a settled amount (cost, price, payment, etc.)

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *lagą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *lagą *lagō
vocative *lagą *lagō
accusative *lagą *lagō
genitive *lagas, *lagis *lagǫ̂
dative *lagai *lagamaz
instrumental *lagō *lagamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*laʒjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 231