Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laskaz

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

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Compare also Latin laxus (“loose, slack, yielding”).

Adjective

*laskaz

  1. false
  2. weak, feeble, lax
  3. mellow, soft

Inflection

Declension of *laskaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *laskaz *laskō *laską, -atō *laskai *laskôz *laskō
accusative *laskanǭ *laskǭ *laską, -atō *laskanz *laskōz *laskō
genitive *laskas, -is *laskaizōz *laskas, -is *laskaizǫ̂ *laskaizǫ̂ *laskaizǫ̂
dative *laskammai *laskaizōi *laskammai *laskaimaz *laskaimaz *laskaimaz
instrumental *laskanō *laskaizō *laskanō *laskaimiz *laskaimiz *laskaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *laskô *laskǭ *laskô *laskaniz *laskōniz *laskōnō
accusative *laskanų *laskōnų *laskô *laskanunz *laskōnunz *laskōnō
genitive *laskiniz *laskōniz *laskiniz *laskanǫ̂ *laskōnǫ̂ *laskanǫ̂
dative *laskini *laskōni *laskini *laskammaz *laskōmaz *laskammaz
instrumental *laskinē *laskōnē *laskinē *laskammiz *laskōmiz *laskammiz

Descendants

  • Old English: *lysċ, *lesċ
    • Middle English: lusch
  • Old Saxon: lask
    • Middle Low German: lasch, las
      • Low German: lusch
  • Old Dutch: *lask
  • Old Norse: lǫskr
    • → Middle English: *lusk
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