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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/legr
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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 1
From Proto-Germanic *legrą.
Inflection
| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *legr | |
| Genitive | *legras | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *legr | *legru |
| Accusative | *legr | *legru |
| Genitive | *legras | *legrō |
| Dative | *legrē | *legrum |
| Instrumental | *legru | *legrum |
Descendants
Etymology 2
Hypothetically from Proto-Germanic *legraz, but without Germanic cognates. Equivalent to *liggjan + *-r.
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *legr | ||
| Genitive | *legras | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *legr | *legru | *legr |
| Accusative | *legranā | *legrā | *legr |
| Genitive | *legras | *legreʀā | *legras |
| Dative | *legrumē | *legreʀē | *legrumē |
| Instrumental | *legru | *legreʀu | *legru |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *legrē | *legrō | *legru |
| Accusative | *legrā | *legrā | *legru |
| Genitive | *legreʀō | *legreʀō | *legreʀō |
| Dative | *legrēm, *legrum | *legrēm, *legrum | *legrēm, *legrum |
| Instrumental | *legrēm, *legrum | *legrēm, *legrum | *legrēm, *legrum |
Descendants
- Old English: *leġer
- ⇒ Old English: ānleġer, dirneleġer
References
- Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 328: “PWGmc *legr”
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