Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lakaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

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