Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/leuskô

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

From a root suffixed with *-kô, a suffix used for body parts; compare Proto-Germanic *kelkô (“jaw-bone”), *mankô (“mane”). Both *leuhsaz (“light”) and *lahwaz (“thigh”) have been suggested for the root.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈleu̯s.kɔːː/

Noun

*leuskô m

(anatomy) groin
(anatomy) transparent or light skin

Inflection

Declension of *leuskô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*leuskô	*leuskaniz
vocative	*leuskô	*leuskaniz
accusative	*leuskanų	*leuskanunz
genitive	*liuskiniz	*leuskanǫ̂
dative	*liuskini	*leuskammaz
instrumental	*liuskinē	*leuskammiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *leuskō
- Old English: lēosċa
- Old Frisian: *liāska
  - North Frisian: jaoske (Halligen)
  - Saterland Frisian: Ljaaske f
  - West Frisian: ljisk m or f
- Old Saxon: *liosko
  - Middle Low German: lēsche, leische
    - German Low German: Leeske, Leesk
- Old Dutch: *liosko
  - Middle Dutch: liesche, liesse f
    - Dutch: lies
      - Afrikaans: lies
Old Norse: ljóski
- Elfdalian: liuoska
- Faroese: ljóski
- Icelandic: ljóski
- Old Swedish: liuske
  - Swedish: ljumske (with inexplicable -m-)
- Danish: lyske
- → Middle English: leske
  - English: lesk, lisk

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*leuskan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334