Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/laikan

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 *laikaną.

Verb

*laikan^[1]

to jump around, play

Inflection

Strong class 7a
Infinitive	*laikan
1st sg. past	*lēk
3rd pl. past	*lēkun
Past ptcple	*laikan
Infinitive	*laikan
Genitive infin.	*laikannjas
Dative infin.	*laikannjē
Instrum. infin.	*laikannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*laiku	*lēk
2nd singular	*laikiʀi	*lēkī
3rd singular	*laikidi	*lēk
1st plural	*laikum	*lēkum
2nd plural	*laikid	*lēkud
3rd plural	*laikand	*lēkun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*laikē	*lēkī
2nd singular	*laikēs	*lēkī
3rd singular	*laikē	*lēkī
1st plural	*laikēm	*lēkīm
2nd plural	*laikēþ	*lēkīd
3rd plural	*laikēn	*lēkīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*laik
Plural	*laikid
	Present	Past
Participle	*laikandī	*laikan

Descendants

Old English: lācan
- Middle English: laken
  - English: lake, laak (dialectal)
>? Old High German: *leihhan
- Middle High German: leichen
  - German: laichen

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 92: “PWGmc *laikan, *lelēk”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 92: “PWGmc *laikan, *lelēk”

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