Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laikaz

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 *leyg- (“to bounce, shake, tremble”).

Noun

*laikaz m

1. dance
2. game, sport
3. hymn

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *laikaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*laikaz	*laikōz, *laikōs
vocative	*laik	*laikōz, *laikōs
accusative	*laiką	*laikanz
genitive	*laikas, *laikis	*laikǫ̂
dative	*laikai	*laikamaz
instrumental	*laikō	*laikamiz

Alternative forms

• *laikiz

Related terms

• *laikaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *laik
  • Old English: lāc n or f
    • Middle English: lake, lak, lac
      • English: lake
  • Old High German: leih
    • Middle High German: leich
      • German: Laich (“spawn”)
      • → German: Leich ("song", learned borrowing)
  • → Old French: lai
    • French: lai
    • → Middle English: lay
      • English: lay
• Old Norse: leikr
  • Icelandic: leikur
  • Faroese: leikur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: leik
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: leik
  • Danish: leg
    • Norwegian Bokmål: lek
  • Old Swedish: leker
    • Swedish: lek
    • → Finnish: leikki
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks)
• → Proto-Slavic: *likъ (see there for further descendants)