Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/leukan

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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *leukaną.

Verb

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*leukan

  1. to pull, pluck, weed

Inflection

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Strong class 2
Infinitive *leukan
1st sg. past *lauk
3rd pl. past *lukun
Past ptcple *lokan
Infinitive *leukan
Genitive infin. *leukannjas
Dative infin. *leukannjē
Instrum. infin. *leukannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *leuku *lauk
2nd singular *liukiʀi *lukī
3rd singular *liukidi *lauk
1st plural *leukum *lukum
2nd plural *liukid *lukud
3rd plural *leukand *lukun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *leukē *lukī
2nd singular *leukēs *lukī
3rd singular *leukē *lukī
1st plural *leukēm *lukīm
2nd plural *leukēþ *lukīd
3rd plural *leukēn *lukīn
Imperative Present
Singular *liuk
Plural *liukid
Present Past
Participle *leukandī *lokan

Descendants

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  • Old English: lūcan
    • Middle English: louken
      • English: louk, look (to weed) (dialectal)
  • Old Frisian: lūka
  • Old Saxon: *lūkan
  • Old High German: liohhan