Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laikaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to jump around, bounce, shake, tremble”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑi̯.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*laikaną

  1. to jump, play, move, swing about

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 7a)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *laikō *laikaų — *laikai ?
2nd singular *laikizi *laikaiz *laik *laikazai *laikaizau
3rd singular *laikidi *laikai *laikadau *laikadai *laikaidau
1st dual *laikōz *laikaiw — — —
2nd dual *laikadiz *laikaidiz *laikadiz — —
1st plural *laikamaz *laikaim — *laikandai *laikaindau
2nd plural *laikid *laikaid *laikid *laikandai *laikaindau
3rd plural *laikandi *laikain *laikandau *laikandai *laikaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *lelaik *lelaikį̄
2nd singular *lelaiht *lelaikīz
3rd singular *lelaik *lelaikī
1st dual *lelaikū *lelaikīw
2nd dual *lelaikudiz *lelaikīdiz
1st plural *lelaikum *lelaikīm
2nd plural *lelaikud *lelaikīd
3rd plural *lelaikun *lelaikīn
present past
participles *laikandz *laikanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *laikan
    • Old English: lācan
    • >? Old High German: *leihhan
      • Middle High German: leichen
  • Old Norse: leika
  • Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (laikan)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*laikan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 323
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