Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laidō

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 *loyt-éh₂-, from *leyt- (“to go, go forth, die”) (whence also *līþaną (“to go through”), see there for cognates), perhaps an extension of the root *ley- (“to be slippery, glide, streak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯.ðɔː/
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯.ðɔː

Noun

*laidō f

1. a leading
2. a way, course, route, direction

Inflection

Declension of *laidō (ō-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*laidō	*laidôz
vocative	*laidō	*laidôz
accusative	*laidǭ	*laidōz
genitive	*laidōz	*laidǫ̂
dative	*laidōi	*laidōmaz
instrumental	*laidō	*laidōmiz

Related terms

• *laidą/*galaidą
• *laidijaną
• *līþaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *laidu
  • Old English: lād
    • Middle English: lad, lode, loode
      • Scots: laid, lade
      • English: lode, load
  • Old Frisian: lāde, lēde
  • Old Saxon: lēda, leida
    • Middle Low German: leide
      • → Norwegian: leide
      • → Old Swedish: leidh
        • Swedish: lejd
  • Old Dutch: *lēda, *leida
    • Middle Dutch: leide
      • Dutch: lei
  • Old High German: leita, leida
    • Middle High German: leite
      • German: Leite (“path or slideway”) (Swiss German)
• Old Norse: leið
  • Icelandic: leið
  • Faroese: leið
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: leid, lei
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lei
  • Old Swedish: lēþ
    • Swedish: led
  • Danish: led
    • Norwegian Bokmål: led
• → Proto-Finnic: *laidun, *laita (see there for further descendants)
• → Proto-Samic: *lājδō (see there for further descendants)