Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/laku

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 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 *lakō.

Noun

*laku f

  1. stream
  2. pool, lake

Inflection

ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *laku
Genitive *lakā
Singular Plural
Nominative *laku *lakō
Accusative *lakā *lakā
Genitive *lakā *lakō
Dative *lakē *lakōm, *lakum
Instrumental *laku *lakōm, *lakum

Descendants

  • Old English: lacu
  • Old Frisian: *lake
    • >? Saterland Frisian: Loge (“brine”) (perhaps merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *lagu)
  • Old Saxon: laca (in placenames)
  • Old Dutch: *laka
  • Old High German: lacha, *lahha

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 196: “PWGmc *laku”
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