Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/agalaitijaz

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

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Etymology

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Possibly haplologically syncopated from earlier *aglalaitjaz, from *aglaz (shameful) +‎ *laitjaz (whence Rhinelandic German leizig (annoying; excited)).[1]

Adjective

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*agalaitijaz[1]

  1. licentious

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Proto-West Germanic: *agalaitī
    • Old High German: agaleizi

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “agalaitja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 3