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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lamsaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Uncertain. Kroonen rejects comparisons to Latin lamina (“thin sheet of metal”) on semantic grounds.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑm.sɑz/
Noun
*lamsaz m
- lock
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *lamsaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *lamsaz | *lamsōz, *lamsōs | |
| vocative | *lams | *lamsōz, *lamsōs | |
| accusative | *lamsą | *lamsanz | |
| genitive | *lamsas, *lamsis | *lamsǫ̂ | |
| dative | *lamsai | *lamsamaz | |
| instrumental | *lamsō | *lamsamiz | |
Related terms
- *lamō- (“hinge”)
Descendants
- Old Norse: láss
- Icelandic: lás
- Faroese: lás
- Norwegian Bokmål: lås
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lås
- Swedish: lås
- Danish: lås
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “lamsa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326