Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laikaną

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

From Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to jump around, bounce, shake, tremble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*laikaną

1. to jump, play, move, swing about

Inflection

Conjugation of *laikaną (strong class 7a)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*laikō	*laikaų	—	*laikai	?
2nd singular	*laikizi	*laikaiz	*laik	*laikazai	*laikaizau
3rd singular	*laikidi	*laikai	*laikadau	*laikadai	*laikaidau
1st dual	*laikōz	*laikaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*laikadiz	*laikaidiz	*laikadiz	—	—
1st plural	*laikamaz	*laikaim	—	*laikandai	*laikaindau
2nd plural	*laikid	*laikaid	*laikid	*laikandai	*laikaindau
3rd plural	*laikandi	*laikain	*laikandau	*laikandai	*laikaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lelaik	*lelaikį̄
2nd singular	*lelaiht	*lelaikīz
3rd singular	*lelaik	*lelaikī
1st dual	*lelaikū	*lelaikīw
2nd dual	*lelaikudiz	*lelaikīdiz
1st plural	*lelaikum	*lelaikīm
2nd plural	*lelaikud	*lelaikīd
3rd plural	*lelaikun	*lelaikīn
	present	past
participles	*laikandz	*laikanaz

Derived terms

• *laikaz
• *laikijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *laikan
  • Old English: lācan
    • Middle English: laken
      • English: lake, laak (dialectal)
  • >? Old High German: *leihhan
    • Middle High German: leichen
      • German: laichen
• Old Norse: leika
  • Icelandic: leika
  • Faroese: leika
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: leika
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: leike
  • Old Swedish: lēka
    • Swedish: leka
  • Danish: lege
    • Norwegian Bokmål: leke
  • Scanian: lega
  • Gutnish: laika
  • → Middle English: layken, leyken, leiken, laiken
    • English: lake, laik
    • Scots: laik
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (laikan)