Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lamsaz

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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

Uncertain. Kroonen rejects comparisons to Latin lamina (“thin sheet of metal”) on semantic grounds.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*lamsaz m

  1. lock

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *lamsaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *lamsaz *lamsōz, *lamsōs
vocative *lams *lamsōz, *lamsōs
accusative *lamsą *lamsanz
genitive *lamsas, *lamsis *lamsǫ̂
dative *lamsai *lamsamaz
instrumental *lamsō *lamsamiz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: láss m
    • Icelandic: lás m
    • Faroese: lás n
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: lås m or n
    • Old Swedish: las m or n
    • Elfdalian: lǫs n
    • Danish: lås c
      • Norwegian Bokmål: lås m or n (neuter through dialectal Norwegian)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “lamsa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326
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