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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laskwaz

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

Alternative forms
  • *laskuz

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from earlier *latskwaz, from *lataz (“slow, late”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to let, leave”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑsk.wɑz/

Adjective

*laskwaz

  1. sluggish, dull, lazy, idle
  2. limp, lax, feeble

Inflection
Declension of *laskwaz (a-stem)
strong declension
masculine feminine neuter
singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative *laskwaz *laskwai *laskwō *laskwôz *laskwą, *-at(ō) *laskwō
accusative *laskwanǭ *laskwanz *laskwǭ *laskwōz *laskwą, *-at(ō) *laskwō
genitive *laskwas, *laskwis *laskwaizǫ̂ *laskwaizōz *laskwaizǫ̂ *laskwas, *laskwis *laskwaizǫ̂
dative *laskwammai *laskwaimaz *laskwaizōi *laskwaimaz *laskwammai *laskwaimaz
instrumental *laskwanō *laskwaimiz *laskwaizō *laskwaimiz *laskwanō *laskwaimiz
weak declension
masculine feminine neuter
singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative *laskwô *laskwaniz *laskwǭ *laskwōniz *laskwô *laskwōnō
accusative *laskwanų *laskwanunz *laskwōnų *laskwōnunz *laskwô *laskwōnō
genitive *laskwiniz *laskwanǫ̂ *laskwōniz *laskwōnǫ̂ *laskwiniz *laskwanǫ̂
dative *laskwini *laskwammaz *laskwōni *laskwōmaz *laskwini *laskwammaz
instrumental *laskwinē *laskwammiz *laskwōnē *laskwōmiz *laskwinē *laskwammiz


Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *laskw, *lasku
    • Old English: *lesċ, *lysċ (< Proto-West Germanic *lasku, < Proto-Germanic *laskuz)
      • Middle English: lusch
    • Old Saxon: *lask
    • Old Dutch: *lask
  • Old Norse: lǫskr, laskr
    • Icelandic: löskur
    • Jamtish: lǫsk
    • → Middle English: *lusk
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