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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lat
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lataz.
Adjective
*lat[1]
- slow
- lazy
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *lat | ||
| Genitive | *latas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *lat | *latu | *lat |
| Accusative | *latanā | *latā | *lat |
| Genitive | *latas | *lateʀā | *latas |
| Dative | *latumē | *lateʀē | *latumē |
| Instrumental | *latu | *lateʀu | *latu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *latē | *latō | *latu |
| Accusative | *latā | *latā | *latu |
| Genitive | *lateʀō | *lateʀō | *lateʀō |
| Dative | *latēm, *latum | *latēm, *latum | *latēm, *latum |
| Instrumental | *latēm, *latum | *latēm, *latum | *latēm, *latum |
Derived terms
- *lattjan
Descendants
- Old English: læt
- Middle English: lat, late
- Scots: lat
- English: late
- Yola: laate
- Middle English: lat, late
- Old Frisian: let
- Saterland Frisian: leet
- West Frisian: let
- Old Saxon: lat
- Middle Low German: lat
- Low German: laat
- Plautdietsch: lot
- Middle Low German: lat
- Old Dutch: *lat
- Middle Dutch: lat, lāat
- Dutch: laat
- Afrikaans: laat
- Limburgish: laat
- Dutch: laat
- Middle Dutch: lat, lāat
- Old High German: laz
- Middle High German: laz
- German: lass, lasch
- Middle High German: laz
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 194: “PWGmc *lat”