Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laistaz

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 *loystos, from the root *leys- (“to track, pursue; track, furrow, trace, trail”) (see there for cognates).^[1] Along with *laistiz, has been often compared to Ancient Greek λοῖσθος (loîsthos, “left behind, last, utmost”), but this etymology for the Greek word has no formal explanation.^[2]

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯s.tɑz/

Noun

*laistaz m

track, trace
footprint

Inflection

Declension of *laistaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*laistaz	laistōz, laistōs
vocative	*laist	laistōz, laistōs
accusative	*laistą	*laistanz
genitive	laistas, laistis	*laistǫ̂
dative	*laistai	*laistamaz
instrumental	*laistō	*laistamiz

Related terms

Derived terms

*laistijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *laist
- Old English: lāst
  - Middle English: last
    - English: last
    - Scots: last
- Old Frisian: *lāst, *lēst
  - Saterland Frisian: Läist
  - West Frisian: least
- Old Saxon: *lēst
  - Middle Low German: lêst, leist
- Old Dutch: *lēst
  - Middle Dutch: lêest
    - Dutch: leest
      - Afrikaans: lees
- Old High German: leist
  - Middle High German: leist
    - German: Leisten
Old Norse: leistr
- Icelandic: leistur
- Faroese: leistur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: leist
- Swedish: läst
- Danish: læst
Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (laists) (i-stem)

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “leis-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 671
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λοῖσθος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 870

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “leis-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 671

[2] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λοῖσθος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 870

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