Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/laku
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *lakō.
Noun
edit*laku f[1]
Inflection
editō-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *laku | |
Genitive | *lakā | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *laku | *lakō |
Accusative | *lakā | *lakā |
Genitive | *lakā | *lakō |
Dative | *lakē | *lakōm, *lakum |
Instrumental | *laku | *lakōm, *lakum |
Descendants
edit- Old English: lacu
- Old Frisian: *lake
- Old Saxon: laca (in placenames)
- Old Dutch: *laka
- Old High German: lacha, *lahha
References
edit- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 196: “PWGmc *laku”