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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lētaz

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 *lētaną (“to let; free; release”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛː.tɑz/

Noun

*lētaz m

  1. freeman
  2. bondsman; serf

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *lētaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *lētaz *lētōz, *lētōs
vocative *lēt *lētōz, *lētōs
accusative *lētą *lētanz
genitive *lētas, *lētis *lētǫ̂
dative *lētai *lētamaz
instrumental *lētō *lētamiz

Descendants
  • Old English: lǣt
  • Old Frisian: lēt
  • Old Saxon: lāt
    • Middle Low German: lât
  • Old Dutch: *lāt
  • Old High German: lāz; lāza f
    • Middle High German: lazze m
  • Old Norse: *látr
  • Gothic: *𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (*lēts) (in derivatives: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (fralēts))
    • → Medieval Latin: laetus, litus
      • → Old Saxon: lido, liddo
      • → Old Dutch: lito
      • → Old High German: litus
        • Middle High German: *lite
          • German: Lite
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