Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lagu

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 *laguz.

Noun

*lagu m[1]

(North Sea Germanic) water, sea

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lagu
Genitive	*lagō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lagu	lagiwi, lagō
Accusative	*lagu	*lagū
Genitive	*lagō	*lagiwō
Dative	lagiwi, lagō	*lagum
Instrumental	*lagu	*lagum

Descendants

Old English: lagu, lago
- Middle English: laȝe, lawe, laie, leye
  - English: lay
Old Frisian: *lage
- >? Saterland Frisian: Loge f (“brine”) (possibly merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *laku)
Old Saxon: lagu

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 191: “PWGmc *lagu”

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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 191: “PWGmc *lagu”