Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slakaz
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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
Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *slogos, from the root *(s)leg- (“to weaken”).[1][2] Compare Old Irish lacc (“slack”), Latin laxus (“slack, loose”), Tocharian A slākkär (“sad”), and perhaps Ancient Greek λαγαρός (lagarós, “slack, loose; thin, weak”) and Sanskrit श्लक्ष्ण (ślakṣṇa, “tender, soft”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
*slakaz
Inflection
Declension of *slakaz (a-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *slakaz | *slakai | *slakō | *slakôz | *slaką, *-at(ō) | *slakō |
| accusative | *slakanǭ | *slakanz | *slakǭ | *slakōz | *slaką, *-at(ō) | *slakō |
| genitive | *slakas, *slakis | *slakaizǫ̂ | *slakaizōz | *slakaizǫ̂ | *slakas, *slakis | *slakaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *slakammai | *slakaimaz | *slakaizōi | *slakaimaz | *slakammai | *slakaimaz |
| instrumental | *slakanō | *slakaimiz | *slakaizō | *slakaimiz | *slakanō | *slakaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *slakô | *slakaniz | *slakǭ | *slakōniz | *slakô | *slakōnō |
| accusative | *slakanų | *slakanunz | *slakōnų | *slakōnunz | *slakô | *slakōnō |
| genitive | *slakiniz | *slakanǫ̂ | *slakōniz | *slakōnǫ̂ | *slakiniz | *slakanǫ̂ |
| dative | *slakini | *slakammaz | *slakōni | *slakōmaz | *slakini | *slakammaz |
| instrumental | *slakinē | *slakammiz | *slakōnē | *slakōmiz | *slakinē | *slakammiz |
Alternative reconstructions
- *slakwaz[3]
Derived terms
Related terms
- *slakwjaną (possibly)
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *slak
- Old Norse: slakr
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*slaka-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 452–453
- ^ Heidermanns, Frank (1993) “slaka-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 506
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*slakwaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 349