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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *lētaną (“to let; free; release”).
Pronunciation
Noun
*lētaz m
- freeman
- bondsman; serf
Inflection
Declension of *lētaz (masculine a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*lētaz
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*lētōz, *lētōs
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| vocative
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*lēt
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*lētōz, *lētōs
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| accusative
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*lētą
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*lētanz
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| genitive
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*lētas, *lētis
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*lētǫ̂
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| dative
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*lētai
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*lētamaz
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| instrumental
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*lētō
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*lētamiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *lāt
- Old English: lǣt
- Old Frisian: lēt
- Old Saxon: lāt
- Middle Low German: *lât, lat
- Old Dutch: *lāt
- Old High German: lāz; lāza f
- Middle High German: lazze m
- ⇒ Old Norse: látr (adjective) (in compounds)
- Gothic: *𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (*lēts) (in derivatives: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (fralēts))
- → Medieval Latin: laetus, litus
- → Old Saxon: lido, liddo
- → Old Dutch: lito
- → Old High German: litus
- Middle High German: *lite