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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lekaną

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 *leg- (to leak).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈle.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*lekaną[1]

  1. (intransitive) To leak; seep; drip

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *lekan
    • Old English: *lecan
      • Middle English: leken (strong verb) (possibly borrowed from Old Norse)
    • Old Frisian: *leka, *lekka
    • Old Saxon: *lekan
    • Old Dutch: *lekan
    • Old High German: lehhan; irlehhan
      • Middle High German: lechen; erlëchen
        • German: lechen (archaic or dialectal); erlechen
  • Old Norse: leka

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lekan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331
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