Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/līsaz

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

Vṛddhi gerundive of *lizaną (to know, to be familiar with).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

*līsaz[1]

  1. (East Germanic) knowledgeable, knowing, familiar with

Inflection edit


Descendants edit

  • Gothic: *𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*leis)

References edit

  1. ^ Heidermanns, Frank (1993) “-leisa- II”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 370-371