Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lekaną

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 *leg- (“to leak”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈle.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*lekaną[1]

  1. (intransitive) To leak; seep; drip

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 5)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *lekō *lekaų — *lekai ?
2nd singular *likizi *lekaiz *lek *lekazai *lekaizau
3rd singular *likidi *lekai *lekadau *lekadai *lekaidau
1st dual *lekōz *lekaiw — — —
2nd dual *lekadiz *lekaidiz *lekadiz — —
1st plural *lekamaz *lekaim — *lekandai *lekaindau
2nd plural *likid *lekaid *likid *lekandai *lekaindau
3rd plural *lekandi *lekain *lekandau *lekandai *lekaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *lak *lēkį̄
2nd singular *laht *lēkīz
3rd singular *lak *lēkī
1st dual *lēkū *lēkīw
2nd dual *lēkudiz *lēkīdiz
1st plural *lēkum *lēkīm
2nd plural *lēkud *lēkīd
3rd plural *lēkun *lēkīn
present past
participles *lekandz *lekanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *lekan
    • Old English: *lecan
      • Middle English: leken (strong verb) (possibly borrowed from Old Norse)
    • Old Frisian: *leka, *lekka
    • Old Saxon: *lekan
    • Old Dutch: *lekan
    • Old High German: lehhan; irlehhan
      • Middle High German: lechen; erlëchen
        • German: lechen (archaic or dialectal); erlechen
  • Old Norse: leka

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lekan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331
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