Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lekaną

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 *leg- (“to leak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈle.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*lekaną

1. (intransitive) To leak; seep; drip

Inflection

Conjugation of *lekaną (strong class 5)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lekō	*lekaų	—	*lekai	?
2nd singular	*likizi	*lekaiz	*lek	*lekazai	*lekaizau
3rd singular	*likidi	*lekai	*lekadau	*lekadai	*lekaidau
1st dual	*lekōz	*lekaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*lekadiz	*lekaidiz	*lekadiz	—	—
1st plural	*lekamaz	*lekaim	—	*lekandai	*lekaindau
2nd plural	*likid	*lekaid	*likid	*lekandai	*lekaindau
3rd plural	*lekandi	*lekain	*lekandau	*lekandai	*lekaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lak	*lēkį̄
2nd singular	*laht	*lēkīz
3rd singular	*lak	*lēkī
1st dual	*lēkū	*lēkīw
2nd dual	*lēkudiz	*lēkīdiz
1st plural	*lēkum	*lēkīm
2nd plural	*lēkud	*lēkīd
3rd plural	*lēkun	*lēkīn
	present	past
participles	*lekandz	*lekanaz

Derived terms

• *lakjaną

Related terms

• *lakō

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *lekan
  • Old English: *lecan
    • Middle English: leken (strong verb) (possibly borrowed from Old Norse)
      • Scots: leke, lek, leek
      • English: leak
        • → Esperanto: liki
  • Old Frisian: *leka, *lekka
    • Saterland Frisian: läkke
    • West Frisian: lekke
  • Old Saxon: *lekan
    • Middle Low German: lēken
      • Low German: leken
  • Old Dutch: *lekan
    • Middle Dutch: lēken, lecken
      • Dutch: lekken
  • Old High German: lehhan; irlehhan
    • Middle High German: lechen; erlëchen
      • German: lechen (archaic or dialectal); erlechen
• Old Norse: leka
  • Faroese: leka
  • Icelandic: leka
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: leka
  • Swedish: läka (dialectal)
  • >? Swedish: läcka