Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lakaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂g- (“to be slack; be limp; droop; sag”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Noun

*lakaną n

1. linen; cloth; sheet

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *lakaną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lakaną	*lakanō
vocative	*lakaną	*lakanō
accusative	*lakaną	*lakanō
genitive	*lakanas, *lakanis	*lakanǫ̂
dative	*lakanai	*lakanamaz
instrumental	*lakanō	*lakanamiz

Related terms

• *slakaz

Descendants

• Old English: *lacen, *læcen
  • Middle English: lake
    • Scots: lake, laik
    • English: lake
• Old Frisian: leken, letzen, lezen
  • Saterland Frisian: Leeken
  • West Frisian: lekken
• Old Saxon: lakan
  • Middle Low German: lāken
    • German Low German: Laken
      • → German: Laken
    • → Old Norse: lakan, lak
      • Icelandic: lak
      • Faroese: lak
      • Norwegian: laken
      • Old Swedish: lakan
        • Swedish: lakan
        • → Finnish: lakana
      • Danish: lagen
• Old Dutch: *lakan
  • Middle Dutch: laken
    • Dutch: laken
      • Afrikaans: laken
• Old High German: lahhan, lachan
  • Middle High German: lachen
    • German: Lachen (obsolete); Leilachen