Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/legrą

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

A substantivization of *legraz, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to be situated, lie”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɣ.rɑ̃/

Noun

*legrą n

1. a lying, a place where one lies; camp

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *legrą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*legrą	*legrō
vocative	*legrą	*legrō
accusative	*legrą	*legrō
genitive	*legras, *ligris	*legrǫ̂
dative	*legrai	*legramaz
instrumental	*legrō	*legramiz

Related terms

• *ligjaną
• *lōgą

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *legr
  • Old English: leġer
    • Middle English: leir, leire, lair, lare
      • English: lair
      • Scots: lair, lear, layer, lare
  • Old Frisian: legor, leger
    • Saterland Frisian: Leeger
    • West Frisian: leger
  • Old Saxon: legar
    • Middle Low German: lēger, lāger
      • German Low German: Lager
      • → Estonian: leer
  • Old Dutch: *leger
    • Middle Dutch: lēger
      • Dutch: leger
        • Afrikaans: leër
        • → English: leaguer
        • → Sranan Tongo: legre
  • Old High German: legar
    • Middle High German: leger
      • German: Lager
        • → Czech: lágr
        • → Danish: lager
        • → Dutch: lager
          • → English: laager
        • → English: lager
        • → Estonian: laager
        • → Norwegian:
          • Norwegian Bokmål: lager
          • Norwegian Nynorsk: lager
        • → Romanian: lagăr
        • → Russian: лагерь (lagerʹ)
        • → Serbo-Croatian: lȏgor
        • → Swedish: lager
• Old Norse: legr
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: læger n, leger n
  • Old Swedish: lægher
    • Swedish: läger
      • → Finnish: leiri
  • Danish: lejr c
    • Norwegian Bokmål: leir m
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: leir m
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐍂𐍃 m (ligrs) (< *legraz m)