Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laugō

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 Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”).

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑu̯.ɣɔː/

Noun

*laugō f

1. (North Germanic) bath, wash

   Synonym: *baþą

2. (West Germanic) soap, lye

   Synonyms: *lauþrą, *saipǭ

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *laugō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*laugō	*laugôz
vocative	*laugō	*laugôz
accusative	*laugǭ	*laugōz
genitive	*laugōz	*laugǫ̂
dative	*laugōi	*laugōmaz
instrumental	*laugō	*laugōmiz

Related terms

• *lauþrą (“nitre; soap suds”)
• *lauþrijaną

Descendants

The descendants mean "bath" in North Germanic, but "lye" in West Germanic.

• Proto-West Germanic: *laugu
  • Old English: lēaġ
    • Middle English: leihe, leȝe, liȝe
      • English: lye
      • Scots: lee
  • Old Frisian: *lāge, *lāch
    • Saterland Frisian: Loge, Looie
    • West Frisian: leach
  • Old Saxon: *lōga
    • Middle Low German: lôge
      • German Low German: Loge, Loog, Loje
  • Old Dutch: *lōga
    • Middle Dutch: lôge
      • Dutch: loog
  • Old High German: louga
    • Middle High German: louge
      • German: Lauge
      • → Bulgarian: луга (luga)
      • → Czech: louh
      • → Hungarian: lúg
      • → Macedonian: лу́га (lúga)
      • → Polish: ług
      • → Serbo-Croatian: лу̑г / lȗg
      • → Slovak: lúh
      • → Slovene: lug
      • → Ukrainian: луг (luh)
• Old Norse: laug
  • Icelandic: laug
  • Faroese: leyg
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: laug
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: laug
  • Old Swedish: løgh
    • Swedish: lög
  • Danish: løv, lø, løj, lørdag, Løgum (placename)
• Proto-Samic: *lāvkō, *lāvkōtēk (“to bathe”)
  • Northern Sami: lávgu
  • Southern Sami: laavkoe

References

• Proto-Germanic/laugō in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)