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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lagu
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *laguz.
Noun
*lagu m[1]
- water, sea
Inflection
u-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *lagu | |
Genitive | *lagō | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *lagu | *lagiwi, *lagō |
Accusative | *lagu | *lagū |
Genitive | *lagō | *lagiwō |
Dative | *lagiwi, *lagō | *lagum |
Instrumental | *lagu | *lagum |
Descendants
- Old English: lagu, lago
- Middle English: laȝe, lawe, laie, leye
- English: lay
- Middle English: laȝe, lawe, laie, leye
- Old Saxon: lagu
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 191: “PWGmc *lagu”