Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/laiwarikā

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

Alternative forms

• *laiwaʀikā

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laiwarikǭ.

Noun

*laiwarikā f

1. lark

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*laiwarikā
Genitive	*laiwarikōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*laiwarikā	*laiwarikōn
Accusative	*laiwarikōn	*laiwarikōn
Genitive	*laiwarikōn	*laiwarikōnō
Dative	*laiwarikōn	*laiwarikōm, *laiwarikum
Instrumental	*laiwarikōn	*laiwarikōm, *laiwarikum

Descendants

• Old English: lāwerce, lǣwerce, lāwriċe, lāferċe
  • Middle English: larke, laverche, laveroc, laverke, laverock, leverock, lerke, livroche, laverok
    • English: lark, laverock, lavrock
    • Scots: lark, lork, laveirk, laverok
    • Yola: lereke, lerock
• Old Frisian: *lēwerke, *lēwertze, *lertze
  • North Frisian: lāsk (<? *laiwaʀikā)
  • Saterland Frisian: Läiverke, Leeuwerke (Skäddel)
  • West Frisian: ljurk, lartse, larts, lerts, ljurts
• Old Saxon: lēwerka
  • Middle Low German: lêwerike, lêwerke, lêrke
    • German Low German: Leverke, Leverk
• Old Dutch: *leiwerka, *lēwerka
  • Middle Dutch: lewerke, leeuwerke, liewerick, lewerijck, lewerick
    • Dutch: leeuwerik
      • ⇒ Afrikaans: lewerkie
    • → West Frisian: ljurk
• Old High German: lērihha
  • Middle High German: lērche, lërche, lērhe
    • German: Lerche
    • Luxembourgish: Léierchen
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: *laverca (← Suevic *lawerka or Visigothic *𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌺𐍉 (*laiwarkō))
  • Galician: laverca
  • Portuguese: laverca