Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/leukaną

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 1

From Proto-Indo-European *lewǵ- (to break), cognate with Sanskrit रुजति (rujáti, to break open), Lithuanian lū́žti (to break) and Old Armenian լուծանեմ (lucanem, to break, to loose).[1][2]

Verb

*leukaną[2]

  1. (West Germanic) to pull, pluck, weed
Inflection
Conjugation of (strong class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *leukō *leukaų *leukai ?
2nd singular *liukizi *leukaiz *leuk *leukazai *leukaizau
3rd singular *liukidi *leukai *leukadau *leukadai *leukaidau
1st dual *leukōz *leukaiw
2nd dual *leukadiz *leukaidiz *leukadiz
1st plural *leukamaz *leukaim *leukandai *leukaindau
2nd plural *liukid *leukaid *liukid *leukandai *leukaindau
3rd plural *leukandi *leukain *leukandau *leukandai *leukaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *lauk *lukį̄
2nd singular *lauht *lukīz
3rd singular *lauk *lukī
1st dual *lukū *lukīw
2nd dual *lukudiz *lukīdiz
1st plural *lukum *lukīm
2nd plural *lukud *lukīd
3rd plural *lukun *lukīn
present past
participles *leukandz *lukanaz
Alternative forms
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *leukan
    • Old English: lūcan
    • Old Frisian: lūka
    • Old Saxon: *lūkan
    • Old High German: liohhan
      • Middle High German: liechen
        • German: liechen

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

*leukaną

  1. alternative form of *lūkaną

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*leukan- ~ *lūkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334
  2. 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lūkanan ~ *leukanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 252