Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lamsaz

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

Uncertain. Kroonen rejects comparisons to Latin lamina (“thin sheet of metal”) on semantic grounds.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑm.sɑz/

Noun

*lamsaz m

lock

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *lamsaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lamsaz	lamsōz, lamsōs
vocative	*lams	lamsōz, lamsōs
accusative	*lamsą	*lamsanz
genitive	lamsas, lamsis	*lamsǫ̂
dative	*lamsai	*lamsamaz
instrumental	*lamsō	*lamsamiz

Related terms

*lamō- (“hinge”)

Descendants

Old Norse: láss
- Icelandic: lás
- Faroese: lás
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lås
- Swedish: lås
- Danish: lås
  - Norwegian Bokmål: lås
- Elfdalian: lǫs

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “lamsa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “lamsa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326