Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/legrą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

A substantivization of *legraz, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to be situated, lie”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈleɣ.rɑ̃/

Noun

*legrą n

a lying, a place where one lies; camp

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *legrą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*legrą	*legrō
vocative	*legrą	*legrō
accusative	*legrą	*legrō
genitive	legras, ligris	*legrǫ̂
dative	*ligrai	*legramaz
instrumental	*legrō	*legramiz

Related terms

*ligjaną
*lōgą

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *legr
- Old English: leġer
  - Middle English: leir, leire, lair, lare
    - English: lair
    - Scots: lair, lear, layer, lare
- Old Frisian: legor, leger
  - Saterland Frisian: Leeger
  - West Frisian: leger
- Old Saxon: legar
  - Middle Low German: lēger, lāger
    - German Low German: Lager
    - → Estonian: leer
- Old Dutch: *leger
  - Middle Dutch: lēger
    - Dutch: leger
      - Afrikaans: leër
      - → English: leaguer
- Old High German: legar
  - Middle High German: leger
    - German: Lager
      - → Danish: lager
      - → Dutch: lager
        → English: laager
      - → English: lager
      - → Estonian: laager
      - → Norwegian:
        Norwegian Bokmål: lager
        Norwegian Nynorsk: lager
      - → Romanian: lagăr
      - → Russian: лагерь (lagerʹ)
      - → Serbo-Croatian: lȏgor
      - → Swedish: lager
Old Norse: legr
- Norwegian Nynorsk: læger n, leger n
- Old Swedish: lægher
  - Swedish: läger
    - → Finnish: leiri
- Danish: lejr c
  - Norwegian Bokmål: leir m
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: leir m
Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐍂𐍃 m (ligrs) (< *legraz m)