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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/leuskō
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *leuskô (“light or transparent skin, specially the groin”).
Noun
*leuskō m
- the groin
- light or transparent skin
Declension
Masculine an-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *leuskō | |
Genitive | *leuskini | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *leuskō | *leuskan |
Accusative | *leuskan | *leuskan |
Genitive | *leuskini | *leuskanō |
Dative | *leuskini | *leuskum |
Instrumental | *leuskini | *leuskum |
Descendants
- Old English: lēosca
- Old Saxon: *liosko
- Middle Low German: lēsche, leische
- Old Dutch: *liosko
- Middle Dutch: liesche, liesse f
- Dutch: lies
- Middle Dutch: liesche, liesse f
- Old Frisian: *liāska
- North Frisian: jaoske (Halligen)