Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lākī

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz.

Noun

*lākī m[1]

doctor, physician

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lākī
Genitive	*lākijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lākī	lākijō, lākijōs
Accusative	*lākī	*lākijā
Genitive	*lākijas	*lākijō
Dative	*lākijē	*lākijum
Instrumental	*lākiju	*lākijum

Descendants

Old English: lǣċe
- Middle English: leche
  - English: leech
Old Frisian: lēka, lētza
Old High German: lāhhi

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 150: “PWGmc *lākī”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 150: “PWGmc *lākī”