-læcan
See also: læcan
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *laikijaną; related to Old English lāc (“sport, play, action”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /læːt͡ʃɑn/
Suffix
-lǣċan
- Verbal suffix (combining form) denoting action, process or making (compare English -ify), from lǣcan, a derivative of lāc noun suffix denoting activity or process
- cūþlǣċan (“to make known, befriend”)
- to become, turn, grow
- ǣfenlǣċan (“to become evening”)
- winterlǣċan (“to turn wintry”)
Derived terms
- cneordlǣċan
- cyrtenlǣċan
- cȳþlǣċan
- nēalǣċan
- swǣslǣċan
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Descendants
- Middle English: -lechen
- English: freeledge
- English: knowledge