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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 Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pond”). Cognate with Latin lacus (“hollow, pond”), Old Irish loch (“lake, pond”), Ancient Greek λάκκος (lákkos, “waterhole, pond, pit”).
Pronunciation
Noun
*laguz m
- water, liquid
- sea, ocean
- wetness
- (Runic alphabet) name of the rune ᛚ (l)
Inflection
Declension of *laguz (u-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*laguz
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*lagiwiz
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| vocative
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*lagu
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*lagiwiz
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| accusative
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*lagų
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*lagunz
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| genitive
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*lagauz
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*lagiwǫ̂
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| dative
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*lagiwi
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*lagumaz
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| instrumental
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*lagū
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*lagumiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *lagu
- Old English: lagu, lago
- Old Frisian: *lage
- >? Saterland Frisian: Loge f (“brine”) (possibly merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *laku)
- Old Saxon: lagu
- Old Norse: lǫgr
- Icelandic: lögur
- Faroese: løgur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: log
- Norwegian Bokmål: låg
- Old Swedish: lagher
- Old Danish: low, lou
- → Scots: lyog
- Gothic: *𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃 (*lagus /laaz/) (uncertain interpretation of Latin transliteration)