Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lātan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lētaną.

Verb

*lātan^[1]

to let, to allow
to leave alone

Inflection

Strong class 7d
Infinitive	*lātan
1st sg. past	*lēt
3rd pl. past	*lētun
Past ptcple	*lātan
Infinitive	*lātan
Genitive infin.	*lātannjas
Dative infin.	*lātannjē
Instrum. infin.	*lātannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*lātu	*lēt
2nd singular	*lātiʀi	*lētī
3rd singular	*lātidi	*lēt
1st plural	*lātum	*lētum
2nd plural	*lātid	*lētud
3rd plural	*lātand	*lētun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*lātē	*lētī
2nd singular	*lātēs	*lētī
3rd singular	*lātē	*lētī
1st plural	*lātēm	*lētīm
2nd plural	*lātēþ	*lētīd
3rd plural	*lātēn	*lētīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*lāt
Plural	*lātid
	Present	Past
Participle	*lātandī	*lātan

Descendants

Old English: lǣtan
- Middle English: leten, letten
  - English: let
  - Scots: lat, let, lete
  - Yola: leth
Old Frisian: lēta
- North Frisian:
  - Sylt: let
- Saterland Frisian: läite
- West Frisian: litte
Old Saxon: lātan
- Middle Low German: lāten
  - German Low German: laten, låten
Old Dutch: lātan
- Middle Dutch: lâten
  - Dutch: laten
    - Afrikaans: laat
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: latn
    - Jersey Dutch: lâte
    - Skepi Creole Dutch: at
  - Limburgish: laote
Old High German: lāzan, lāzzan
- Middle High German: lāzzen
  - Alemannic German: laa, la, loo, lo, lou, lah
    Swabian: lau, lassa
  - Bavarian: låssn
  - Central Franconian: loße, losse (southernmost Moselle Franconian; few dialects of Ripuarian, including Kölsch)
    Hunsrik: losse
  - East Central German: lossn
  - German: lassen
  - Luxembourgish: loossen
  - Yiddish: לאָזן (lozn)
- → Old French: laissier, laiser, laisier, laisser, lesser, lessier (in part)
  - Middle French: laisser, laissier
    - French: laisser
      - → Breton: lezel
  - Norman: laîssi
  - Picard: laissier
  - → Middle English: *lesen
    - English: lease, leese (Scotland)
      - → Dutch: leasen
      - ⇒ English: leasing
        → Spanish: leasing
        → Finnish: leasing
        → Polish: leasing
        → Swedish: leasing
    - Scots: lease
    - → Middle Irish: léas
      - Irish: léas

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 107: “*lātan”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 107: “*lātan”

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