Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laikaną

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 *leyg- (“to jump around, bounce, shake, tremble”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈlɑi̯.kɑ.nɑ̃/

    Verb

    *laikaną

    1. to jump, play, move, swing about

    Inflection

    Conjugation of *laikaną (strong class 7a)
    active voice passive voice
    present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *laikō *laikaų — *laikai ?
    2nd singular *laikizi *laikaiz *laik *laikazai *laikaizau
    3rd singular *laikidi *laikai *laikadau *laikadai *laikaidau
    1st dual *laikōz *laikaiw — — —
    2nd dual *laikadiz *laikaidiz *laikadiz — —
    1st plural *laikamaz *laikaim — *laikandai *laikaindau
    2nd plural *laikid *laikaid *laikid *laikandai *laikaindau
    3rd plural *laikandi *laikain *laikandau *laikandai *laikaindau
    past tense indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *lelaik *lelaikį̄
    2nd singular *lelaiht *lelaikīz
    3rd singular *lelaik *lelaikī
    1st dual *lelaikū *lelaikīw
    2nd dual *lelaikudiz *lelaikīdiz
    1st plural *lelaikum *lelaikīm
    2nd plural *lelaikud *lelaikīd
    3rd plural *lelaikun *lelaikīn
    present past
    participles *laikandz *laikanaz

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *laikan
      • Old English: lācan
      • Middle Low German: lēken
      • >? Old High German: *leihhan
        • Middle High German: leichen
    • Old Norse: leika
    • Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (laikan)

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*laikan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 323
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