Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/leukaną
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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 1
From Proto-Indo-European *lewǵ- (“to break”), cognate with Sanskrit रुजति (rujáti, “to break open”), Lithuanian lū́žti (“to break”) and Old Armenian լուծանեմ (lucanem, “to break, to loose”).
Verb
- (West Germanic) to pull, pluck, weed
Inflection
Conjugation of *leukaną (strong class 2)
Alternative forms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *leukan
Etymology 2
Verb
*leukaną
- Alternative form of *lūkaną
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*lūkanan ~ *leukanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 252