Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laikaną

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to jump around”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*laikaną

to jump, play, move, swing about

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *laikaną (strong class 7a)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*laikō	*laikaų	—	*laikai	?
2nd singular	*laikizi	*laikaiz	*laik	*laikazai	*laikaizau
3rd singular	*laikidi	*laikai	*laikadau	*laikadai	*laikaidau
1st dual	*laikōz	*laikaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*laikadiz	*laikaidiz	*laikadiz	—	—
1st plural	*laikamaz	*laikaim	—	*laikandai	*laikaindau
2nd plural	*laikid	*laikaid	*laikid	*laikandai	*laikaindau
3rd plural	*laikandi	*laikain	*laikandau	*laikandai	*laikaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lelaik	*lelaikį̄
2nd singular	*lelaiht	*lelaikīz
3rd singular	*lelaik	*lelaikī
1st dual	*lelaikū	*lelaikīw
2nd dual	*lelaikudiz	*lelaikīdiz
1st plural	*lelaikum	*lelaikīm
2nd plural	*lelaikud	*lelaikīd
3rd plural	*lelaikun	*lelaikīn

	present	past
participles	*laikandz	*laikanaz

Derived terms edit

*laikijaną

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *laikan
- Old English: lācan
  - Middle English: laken
    - English: lake, laak (dialectal)
- >? Old High German: *leihhan
  - Middle High German: leichen
    - German: laichen
Old Norse: leika
- Icelandic: leika
- Faroese: leika
- Norwegian Nynorsk: leika
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: leike
- Old Swedish: lēka
  - Swedish: leka
- Danish: lege
  - Norwegian Bokmål: leke
- Scanian: lega
- Gutnish: laika
- → Middle English: layken, leyken, leiken, laiken
  - English: lake, laik
  - Scots: laik
Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (laikan)