Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/linhtaz

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 Pre-Germanic *h₁lengʷʰ-tos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlĩːx.tɑz/

Adjective

*linhtaz

light (not heavy)

Inflection

Declension of *linhtaz (a-stem)

Strong declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*linhtaz	*linhtai	*linhtō	*linhtôz	*linhtą, -atō	*linhtō
Accusative	*linhtanǭ	*linhtanz	*linhtǭ	*linhtōz	*linhtą, -atō	*linhtō
Genitive	*linhtas, -is	*linhtaizǫ̂	*linhtaizōz	*linhtaizǫ̂	*linhtas, -is	*linhtaizǫ̂
Dative	*linhtammai	*linhtaimaz	*linhtaizōi	*linhtaimaz	*linhtammai	*linhtaimaz
Instrumental	*linhtanō	*linhtaimiz	*linhtaizō	*linhtaimiz	*linhtanō	*linhtaimiz

Weak declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*linhtô	*linhtaniz	*linhtǭ	*linhtōniz	*linhtô	*linhtōnō
Accusative	*linhtanų	*linhtanunz	*linhtōnų	*linhtōnunz	*linhtô	*linhtōnō
Genitive	*linhtiniz	*linhtanǫ̂	*linhtōniz	*linhtōnǫ̂	*linhtiniz	*linhtanǫ̂
Dative	*linhtini	*linhtammaz	*linhtōni	*linhtōmaz	*linhtini	*linhtammaz
Instrumental	*linhtinē	*linhtammiz	*linhtōnē	*linhtōmiz	*linhtinē	*linhtammiz

Descendants

Old English: lēoht, līht
- Middle English: liȝt, lyghte
  - Scots: licht
  - English: light
Old Frisian: licht
- West Frisian: licht
Old Saxon: līht
Old Dutch: *līht
- Middle Dutch: licht
  - Dutch: licht
    - Afrikaans: lig
Old High German: līhti, līht
- German: leicht
- Luxembourgish: liicht
- Vilamovian: łajcht
- Yiddish: לײַכט‎ (laykht)
Old Norse: léttr
- Icelandic: léttur
- Faroese: lættur
- Norwegian: lett
- Old Swedish: lǣtter
  - Swedish: lätt
- Danish: let
- Westrobothnian: ljett
Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (leihts)

Related terms

*lungô (“lung”)