Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lētaz

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

Etymology

From *lētaną (“to let; free; release”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛː.tɑz/

Noun

*lētaz m

1. freeman
2. bondsman; serf

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *lētaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lētaz	*lētōz, *lētōs
vocative	*lēt	*lētōz, *lētōs
accusative	*lētą	*lētanz
genitive	*lētas, *lētis	*lētǫ̂
dative	*lētai	*lētamaz
instrumental	*lētō	*lētamiz

Descendants

• Old English: lǣt
• Old Frisian: lēt
• Old Saxon: lāt
  • Middle Low German: lât
• Old Dutch: *lāt
  • Middle Dutch: lâet
    • Dutch: laat
• Old High German: lāz; lāza f
  • Middle High German: lazze m
• Old Norse: *látr
• Gothic: *𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (*lēts) (in derivatives: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (fralēts))
  • → Medieval Latin: laetus, litus
    • → Old Saxon: lido, liddo
    • → Old Dutch: lito
    • → Old High German: litus
      • Middle High German: *lite
        • German: Lite