Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/legr

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 1

From Proto-Germanic *legrą.

Noun

*legr n

1. bed
2. lair

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*legr
Genitive	*legras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*legr	*legru
Accusative	*legr	*legru
Genitive	*legras	*legrō
Dative	*legrē	*legrum
Instrumental	*legru	*legrum

Descendants

• 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

Etymology 2

Hypothetically from Proto-Germanic *legraz, but without Germanic cognates. Equivalent to *liggjan +‎ *-r.

Adjective

*legr

2. (Anglo-Frisian Germanic) lying (together with someone)

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*legr
Genitive	*legras
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*legr	*legru	*legr
Accusative	*legranā	*legrā	*legr
Genitive	*legras	*legreʀā	*legras
Dative	*legrumē	*legreʀē	*legrumē
Instrumental	*legru	*legreʀu	*legru
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*legrē	*legrō	*legru
Accusative	*legrā	*legrā	*legru
Genitive	*legreʀō	*legreʀō	*legreʀō
Dative	*legrēm, *legrum	*legrēm, *legrum	*legrēm, *legrum
Instrumental	*legrēm, *legrum	*legrēm, *legrum	*legrēm, *legrum

Descendants

• Old English: *leġer
  • ⇒ Old English: ānleġer, dirneleġer