Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laikaz

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

  • A nominal derivative of *laikaną (“to jump, play”).[1]

    Noun

    *laikaz m[1]

    1. dance
    2. game, sport
    3. hymn

    Inflection

    Declension of *laikaz (masculine a-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *laikaz *laikōz, *laikōs
    vocative *laik *laikōz, *laikōs
    accusative *laiką *laikanz
    genitive *laikas, *laikis *laikǫ̂
    dative *laikai *laikamaz
    instrumental *laikō *laikamiz

    Alternative forms

    • *laikiz

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *laik
      • Old English: lāc n or f, læc
        • Middle English: lok, loke, loc, loac, lock, lake, lac
          • English: lake (“play”) (dialectal)
      • Middle Low German: lēk
        • Low German: Leek (“spawn”)
      • Old High German: leih
        • Middle High German: leich
          • German: Laich (“spawn”)
          • → German: Leich (“song”) (learned)
      • → Old French: lai
        • French: lai
        • → Middle English: lay
    • Proto-Norse: *ᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ (*laikaʀ)
    • Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks)
    • → Proto-Slavic: *likъ (see there for further descendants)
    • → Proto-Finnic: *laikka (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003), “*laikaz ~ *laikiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 233
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