Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lagą

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

From Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.ɣɑ̃/

Noun

*lagą n

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *lagą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lagą	*lagō
vocative	*lagą	*lagō
accusative	*lagą	*lagō
genitive	lagas, lagis	*lagǫ̂
dative	*lagai	*lagamaz
instrumental	*lagō	*lagamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *lag
- Old English: læġ, leġ, leġe
  - English: lay
- Old Frisian: loch
  - North Frisian: loge
  - West Frisian: loch
- Old Saxon: lagi, *lag, *lagi, *leg
  - Middle Low German: loge, lage, lege
- Old Dutch: *log
  - Middle Dutch: log
    - Dutch: log
- Old High German: lac, *lag, *laga, luogi (?)
  - Middle High German: liugi (?)
Old Norse: lag, lǫg
- Icelandic: lag n; lög n pl
- Faroese: lag
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lag n; log f
- Old Swedish: lagh
  - Swedish: lag n, lag c or f
    - → Finnish: laki
- Old Danish: lagh, logh
  - Danish: lag n, lav c, lov
    - Norwegian Bokmål: lag n, lov m
    - → Faroese: lóg f
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: lov f or m
- → Old English: lagu
  - → Middle English: lawe, laȝe, lagh
    - English: law (“score, share of expense, legal charge”)
- Scots: lauch, lawch
- Old West Norse:
  - Icelandic: lög n pl
  - Faroese: løg-
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: log f; (dialectal) løg f
- Old East Norse:
  - Old Swedish: lagh f
    - Swedish: lag c
    - → Finnish: laki
  - Old Danish: lagh n or f, logh n or f
    - Danish: lov c
      - Norwegian Bokmål: lov
      - → Faroese: lóg f
      - → Norwegian: lov f or m (partially through Bokmål)
- → Old English: lagu f
  - Middle English: lawe, laȝe, laugh, laue
    - English: law
    - Scots: law

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.