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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/leukaną

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 1

From Proto-Indo-European *lewǵ- (to break), cognate with Sanskrit रुजति (rujáti, to break open), Lithuanian lū́žti (to break) and Old Armenian լուծանեմ (lucanem, to break, to loose).[1]

Verb

*leukaną[1]

  1. (West Germanic) to pull, pluck, weed
Inflection
Alternative forms
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *leukan
    • Old English: lūcan
      • Middle English: louken
        • English: louk, look (to weed) (dialectal)
    • Old Frisian: lūka
    • Old Saxon: *lūkan
    • Old High German: liohhan
      • Middle High German: liechen
        • German: liechen

Verb

*leukaną

  1. Alternative form of *lūkaną

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*lūkanan ~ *leukanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 252
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