Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laizō

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 *laizijaną (“to teach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯.zɔː/

Noun

*laizō f

1. teaching; lore; doctrine

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *laizō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*laizō	*laizôz
vocative	*laizō	*laizôz
accusative	*laizǭ	*laizōz
genitive	*laizōz	*laizǫ̂
dative	*laizōi	*laizōmaz
instrumental	*laizō	*laizōmiz

Related terms

• Proto-West Germanic: *liʀnōn

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *laiʀu
  • Old English: lār
    • Middle English: lore, lar, lare, layre, lere, leyre, loore, lære, leore, loare (Early Middle English)
      • English: lore
        • → Russian: лор (lor)
        • → Ukrainian: лор (lor)
      • Scots: lare, lair
  • Old Frisian: lāre
    • Saterland Frisian: Lere, Leere
    • West Frisian: leare
  • Old Saxon: lēra
    • Middle Low German: lêre, lêr, lâre, lâr
      • German Low German: Lehre, Lehr
      • → Danish: lære
      • → Swedish: lära
      • → Norwegian: lære
  • Old Dutch: lēra
    • Middle Dutch: lêre
      • Dutch: leer
      • Limburgish: lieër
  • Old High German: lēra
    • Middle High German: lēre; lār, lāre (Central German)
      • German: Lehre
      • Luxembourgish: Léier
• Gothic: *𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍉 (*laisō)
  • ⇒ Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (laisareis)
  • ⇒ Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 (laiseigs)