Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lagu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laguz.

Noun

*lagu m[1]

  1. (North Sea Germanic) water, sea

Inflection

u-stem
Singular
Nominative *lagu
Genitive *lagō
Singular Plural
Nominative *lagu *lagiwi, *lagō
Accusative *lagu *lagū
Genitive *lagō *lagiwō
Dative *lagiwi, *lagō *lagum
Instrumental *lagu *lagum

Descendants

  • Old English: lagu, lago
  • Old Frisian: *lage
    • >? Saterland Frisian: Loge f (“brine”) (possibly merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *laku)
  • Old Saxon: lagu

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 191: “PWGmc *lagu”
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