Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lahtukā

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

Borrowed from Latin *ladduca, lattuca, lactūca.

Noun

*lahtukā f

1. lettuce

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lahtukā
Genitive	*lahtukōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lahtukā	*lahtukōn
Accusative	*lahtukōn	*lahtukōn
Genitive	*lahtukōn	*lahtukōnō
Dative	*lahtukōn	*lahtukōm, *lahtukum
Instrumental	*lahtukōn	*lahtukōm, *lahtukum

Alternative reconstructions

• *lattukā, *laddukā

Descendants

• Old English: lactuċe f, lactuċ, leāhtuċ, lactuċa m
  • Middle English: letuse, letus, letys, letuce, letuze, letes, letows, letyse (corrupted by Old French)
    • English: lettuce
    • Scots: lettuce, lattice
    • → Welsh: letys
• Old Saxon: lodika, lodeka, lattika
  • Middle Low German: lādeke, ladeke, lādike, laddeke, lēdeke, loddeke, lōdeke, lödike, löddike, lattik, lattike, latik, lattuke, latuk
    • German Low German: Lottche
    • Plautdietsch: Lottke
• Old Dutch: *ladika, *lahtika
  • Middle Dutch: lachteke, lacteke, ladicke, ladeke, ledicke, ladich, ladik, ladike
• Old High German: lattuhha, lattucha, latihha, laktuh, lattuh, latih, letih
  • Middle High German: latech, latche, leteche, latouch, lattuoch, latūn, lactuca, lactihha, lactūke
    • German: Lattich
  • → Polish: laktuka
    • → Belarusian: лату́к (latúk)
    • → Ukrainian: лату́к (latúk)
    • → Russian: лату́к (latúk)