Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/luginu

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 *luginō, a late variant of *lugiz (“lie, falsehood”), perhaps reinforced by Proto-Germanic *luginaz (“lying, false”).

Noun

*luginu f^[1]

lie, falsehood

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*luginu
Genitive	*luginā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*luginu	*luginō
Accusative	*luginā	*luginā
Genitive	*luginā	*luginō
Dative	*luginē	luginōm, luginum
Instrumental	*luginu	luginōm, luginum

Related terms

Derived terms

*luginārī

Descendants

Old English: lyġen
- Middle English: liȝe, lighe, leghe, lie (likely having merged with descendants of Old English lyġe)
  - English: lie
  - Scots: ley, lie
Old Frisian: leine
- Saterland Frisian: Löägene (possibly from Middle Low German)
- West Frisian: ljeagen, leagen
Old Saxon: lugina
- Middle Low German: lȫgene
  - German Low German: Lögen
  - → Danish: løgn
  - → Norwegian: lygn
  - → Swedish: lögn
Old Dutch: lugina
- Middle Dutch: luegene, lōgene
  - Dutch: leugen, logen (archaic), loogen (obsolete)
    - Afrikaans: leuen
    - Negerhollands: lug, lik
    - → West Frisian: leugen
Old High German: lugina
- Middle High German: lügene, lügen
  - German: Lüge (partially)
  - Luxembourgish: Ligen
  - Yiddish: ליגן (lign)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 286: “PWGmc *luginu”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 286: “PWGmc *luginu”

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