Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lamaz

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 *h₃lemH- (“weak, broken, soft”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *lomъ (“fracture, breakage; crowbar”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑ.mɑz/

Adjective

*lamaz

  1. lame
  2. withered, defective

Inflection

Declension of *lamaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *lamaz *lamō *lamą, -atō *lamai *lamôz *lamō
accusative *lamanǭ *lamǭ *lamą, -atō *lamanz *lamōz *lamō
genitive *lamas, -is *lamaizōz *lamas, -is *lamaizǫ̂ *lamaizǫ̂ *lamaizǫ̂
dative *lamammai *lamaizōi *lamammai *lamaimaz *lamaimaz *lamaimaz
instrumental *lamanō *lamaizō *lamanō *lamaimiz *lamaimiz *lamaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *lamô *lamǭ *lamô *lamaniz *lamōniz *lamōnō
accusative *lamanų *lamōnų *lamô *lamanunz *lamōnunz *lamōnō
genitive *laminiz *lamōniz *laminiz *lamanǫ̂ *lamōnǫ̂ *lamanǫ̂
dative *lamini *lamōni *lamini *lamammaz *lamōmaz *lamammaz
instrumental *laminē *lamōnē *laminē *lamammiz *lamōmiz *lamammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *lam
  • ⇒ Old Norse: lami
    • Icelandic: lami
    • Norwegian: lam
    • Old Swedish: lamber
    • Danish: lam
    • Ostrobothnian: lämin
  • → Proto-Finnic: *lama (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lamaz ~ *lamōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 234
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