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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lakjaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to leak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑk.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*lakjaną
- To make wet; moisten
Inflection
Conjugation of *lakjaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *lakjō | *lakjaų | — | *lakjai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *lakisi | *lakjais | *laki | *lakjasai | *lakjaisau |
| 3rd singular | *lakiþi | *lakjai | *lakjaþau | *lakjaþai | *lakjaiþau |
| 1st dual | *lakjōs | *lakjaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *lakjaþiz | *lakjaiþiz | *lakjaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *lakjamaz | *lakjaim | — | *lakjanþai | *lakjainþau |
| 2nd plural | *lakiþ | *lakjaiþ | *lakiþ | *lakjanþai | *lakjainþau |
| 3rd plural | *lakjanþi | *lakjain | *lakjanþau | *lakjanþai | *lakjainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *lakidǭ | *lakidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *lakidēz | *lakidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *lakidē | *lakidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *lakidēdū | *lakidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *lakidēdudiz | *lakidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *lakidēdum | *lakidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *lakidēdud | *lakidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *lakidēdun | *lakidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *lakjandz | *lakidaz | |||
Related terms
- *lakō
- *lekaną
Descendants
- Old English: leċċan
- Middle English: *lecchen, *lechen
- English: leach
- Middle English: *lecchen, *lechen
- Old Saxon: *lekkian
- Middle Low German: lecken, legkken
- German Low German: lecken
- Middle Low German: lecken, legkken
- Old High German: lekken, lecken
- Middle High German: lecken
- German: lecken
- Middle High German: lecken