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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lakkjan

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 *lakjaną.

Verb

*lakkjan[1]

  1. to wet, moisten

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *lakkjan
1st sg. past *lakidā
Infinitive *lakkjan
Genitive infin. *lakkjannjas
Dative infin. *lakkjannjē
Instrum. infin. *lakkjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *lakkju *lakidā
2nd singular *lakisi *lakidēs, *lakidōs
3rd singular *lakiþi *lakidē, *lakidā
1st plural *lakkjum *lakidum
2nd plural *lakiþ *lakidud
3rd plural *lakkjanþ *lakidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *lakkjē *lakidī
2nd singular *lakkjēs *lakidī
3rd singular *lakkjē *lakidī
1st plural *lakkjēm *lakidīm
2nd plural *lakkjēþ *lakidīd
3rd plural *lakkjēn *lakidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *laki
Plural *lakiþ
Present Past
Participle *lakkjandī *lakid

Descendants

  • Old English: leċċan
    • Middle English: *lecchen, *lechen
  • Old Frisian: *letza, lekka
  • Old Saxon: *lekkian
    • Middle Low German: lecken, legkken
      • German Low German: lecken
      • Danish: lække
  • Old Dutch: *lecken
  • Old High German: lekken, lecken

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 238:PWGmc *lakʲkʲan
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