Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lākī

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz.

Noun edit

*lākī m[1]

  1. doctor, physician

Inflection edit

Masculine ja-stem
Singular
Nominative *lākī
Genitive *lākijas
Singular Plural
Nominative *lākī *lākijō, *lākijōs
Accusative *lākī *lākijā
Genitive *lākijas *lākijō
Dative *lākijē *lākijum
Instrumental *lākiju *lākijum

Descendants edit

  • Old English: lǣċe
  • Old Frisian: lēka, lētza
  • Old High German: lāhhi

References edit

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 150:PWGmc *lākī