Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lataz

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 *lh₁d-o-, verbal adjective from the root *leh₁d- (“to be tired”).[1] Cognate with Latin lassus (“weary, faint”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑ.tɑz/

Adjective

*lataz (comparative *latizô, superlative *latistaz)

  1. slow, sluggish
  2. lazy
  3. late

Inflection

Declension of *lataz (a-stem, strong only)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *lataz *latō *latą, *-at(ō) *latai *latôz *latō
accusative *latanǭ *latǭ *latą, *-at(ō) *latanz *latōz *latō
genitive *latas, *latis *lataizōz *latas, *latis *lataizǫ̂ *lataizǫ̂ *lataizǫ̂
dative *latammai *lataizōi *latammai *lataimaz *lataimaz *lataimaz
instrumental *latanō *lataizō *latanō *lataimiz *lataimiz *lataimiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *lat
    • Old English: læt
    • Old Frisian: let
      • Saterland Frisian: leet
      • West Frisian: let
    • Old Saxon: lat
      • Middle Low German: lat
    • Old Dutch: *lat
    • Old High German: laz
  • Old Norse: latr
  • Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐍃 (lats)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lata-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 328
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