Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laþô

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

Unknown, but apparently akin to Proto-Germanic *lattō (“board, plank”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.θɔːː/

Noun

*laþô m

(West Germanic) board; shelf; bar; shutter

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *laþô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*laþô	*laþaniz
vocative	*laþô	*laþaniz
accusative	*laþanų	*laþanunz
genitive	*laþiniz	*laþanǫ̂
dative	*laþini	*laþammaz
instrumental	*laþinē	*laþammiz

Descendants

Old English: *laþa (possibly)
- Middle English: lathe, laththe
  - English: lath (through confluence with descendant of Old English lætt < *lattō)
  - Scots: lath
Old High German: *lado
- Middle High German: lade, laden m
  - German: Laden

References

^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Laden”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

[1] Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Laden”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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