Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/leukaną
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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”).[1][2]
Verb
*leukaną[2]
- (West Germanic) to pull, pluck, weed
Inflection
Conjugation of *leukaną (strong class 2)
Alternative forms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *leukan
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
*leukaną
- Alternative form of *lūkaną
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*leukan- ~ *lūkan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lūkanan ~ *leukanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 252