Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/likkraz

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

*likkōną (“to lick”) +‎ *-raz (“adjectival suffix”), with sense development appearing to be "lickable" > "delicious".[1]

Adjective

*likkraz[1]

  1. (West Germanic) delicious

Inflection

Declension of *likkraz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *likkraz *likkrō *likkrą, -atō *likkrai *likkrôz *likkrō
accusative *likkranǭ *likkrǭ *likkrą, -atō *likkranz *likkrōz *likkrō
genitive *likkras, -is *likkraizōz *likkras, -is *likkraizǫ̂ *likkraizǫ̂ *likkraizǫ̂
dative *likkrammai *likkraizōi *likkrammai *likkraimaz *likkraimaz *likkraimaz
instrumental *likkranō *likkraizō *likkranō *likkraimiz *likkraimiz *likkraimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *likkrô *likkrǭ *likkrô *likkraniz *likkrōniz *likkrōnō
accusative *likkranų *likkrōnų *likkrô *likkranunz *likkrōnunz *likkrōnō
genitive *likkriniz *likkrōniz *likkriniz *likkranǫ̂ *likkrōnǫ̂ *likkranǫ̂
dative *likkrini *likkrōni *likkrini *likkrammaz *likkrōmaz *likkrammaz
instrumental *likkrinē *likkrōnē *likkrinē *likkrammiz *likkrōmiz *likkrammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *likkr
    • Old Saxon: *likkar
    • Old Dutch: *likkar
    • Old High German: *lekkar

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*likkra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 338
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