Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lat

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 *lataz.

Adjective

*lat^[1]

slow, lazy
Synonym: *trāgī
late
Synonym: *spādī

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*lat
Genitive	*latas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*lat	*latu	*lat
Accusative	*latanā	*latā	*lat
Genitive	*latas	*lateʀā	*latas
Dative	*latumē	*lateʀē	*latumē
Instrumental	*latu	*lateʀu	*latu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*latē	*latō	*latu
Accusative	*latā	*latā	*latu
Genitive	*lateʀō	*lateʀō	*lateʀō
Dative	latēm, latum	latēm, latum	latēm, latum
Instrumental	latēm, latum	latēm, latum	latēm, latum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: læt
- Middle English: lat, late
  - Scots: lat
  - English: late
  - Yola: laate
Old Frisian: let
- Saterland Frisian: leet
- West Frisian: let
Old Saxon: lat
- Middle Low German: lat
  - Low German: laat
  - Plautdietsch: lot
Old Dutch: *lat
- Middle Dutch: lat, lāat
  - Dutch: laat
    - Afrikaans: laat
  - Limburgish: laat
Old High German: laz
- Middle High German: laz
  - German: lass, lasch

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 194: “PWGmc *lat”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 194: “PWGmc *lat”

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