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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lakkjan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lakjaną.
Verb
*lakkjan[1]
- to wet, to moisten
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *lakkjan | |
| 1st sg. past | *lakidā | |
| Infinitive | *lakkjan | |
| Genitive infin. | *lakkjannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *lakkjannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *lakkjannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *lakkju | *lakidā |
| 2nd singular | *lakisi | *lakidēs, *lakidōs |
| 3rd singular | *lakiþi | *lakidē, *lakidā |
| 1st plural | *lakkjum | *lakidum |
| 2nd plural | *lakiþ | *lakidud |
| 3rd plural | *lakkjanþ | *lakidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *lakkjē | *lakidī |
| 2nd singular | *lakkjēs | *lakidī |
| 3rd singular | *lakkjē | *lakidī |
| 1st plural | *lakkjēm | *lakidīm |
| 2nd plural | *lakkjēþ | *lakidīd |
| 3rd plural | *lakkjēn | *lakidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *laki | |
| Plural | *lakiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *lakkjandī | *lakid |
Descendants
- Old English: leċċan
- Middle English: *lecchen, *lechen
- English: leach
- Middle English: *lecchen, *lechen
- Old Frisian: *letza, lekka
- Saterland Frisian: läkke
- West Frisian: lekke
- Old Saxon: *lekkian
- Middle Low German: lecken, legkken
- German Low German: lecken
- → Norwegian: lekke
- Middle Low German: lecken, legkken
- Old Dutch: *lecken
- Middle Dutch: lecken
- Dutch: lekken
- Middle Dutch: lecken
- Old High German: lekken, lecken
- Middle High German: lecken
- German: lecken
- Middle High German: lecken
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 238: “PWGmc *lakʲkʲan”