Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lēkijaz

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

Uncertain; possibly from *lēkiz (“healing; medicine; healer”) +‎ *-jaz, or borrowed from Proto-Celtic *leigis (“healer”)[1][2] of the same root.[3] Perhaps also from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect, gather”), and thus related to Latin legō[4][5]. Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *leg- (“to leak”), with original sense of "blood-letter (leaker)" > "leech (used in therapy)" > "doctor", though this is speculative.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛː.ki.jɑz/

Noun

*lēkijaz m[6][1][2][3]

  1. doctor, physician

Inflection

Declension of *lēkijaz (masculine ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *lēkijaz *lēkijōz, *lēkijōs
vocative *lēkī *lēkijōz, *lēkijōs
accusative *lēkiją *lēkijanz
genitive *lēkijas, *lēkīs *lēkijǫ̂
dative *lēkijai *lēkijamaz
instrumental *lēkijō *lēkijamiz

Derived terms

  • *lēkijǭ

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *lākī
    • Old English: lǣċe
    • Old Frisian: lēka, lētza
    • Old High German: lāhhi
  • Old Norse:
    Old East Norse: *lækir
    Old West Norse: læknir
  • Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (lēkeis)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lēkjaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 296: “*lēkijaz”
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lēkja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331
  4. ^ https://www.etymonline.com/word/leech
  5. ^ https://www.etymonline.com/word/*leg-?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_52572
  6. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “leg̑-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 658: “*lēkja-”
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