Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lakō

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 *lekaną (“to leak, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leg- (“to leak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.kɔː/

Noun

*lakō f

1. leak; drain; ditch
2. seep; water aggregation, puddle, pool; lake

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *lakō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lakō	*lakôz
vocative	*lakō	*lakôz
accusative	*lakǭ	*lakōz
genitive	*lakōz	*lakǫ̂
dative	*lakōi	*lakōmaz
instrumental	*lakō	*lakōmiz

Related terms

• *lakjaną
• *lōkiz

Derived terms

• Proto-West Germanic: *laku
  • Old English: lacu
    • Middle English: lake
      • Scots: lake
      • English: lake
      • →? Old French: lac (replacing native Old French lai)
        • Middle French: lac
          • French: lac
  • Old Frisian: *lake
    • >? Saterland Frisian: Loge (“brine”) (perhaps merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *lagu)
  • Old Saxon: laca (in placenames)
    • Middle Low German: lāke
      • German Low German: Lake, Laak
      • → German: Lake
  • Old Dutch: *laka
    • Middle Dutch: lāke
      • Dutch: laak
  • Old High German: lacha, *lahha
    • Middle High German: lache
      • German: Lache, Lacke (Austria)
      • Luxembourgish: Laach
    • → Vulgar Latin: *lacca
      • Italian: lacca
      • >? Old Occitan: lac, laz, latz (“pit, trench, pitfall”) (merged with descendant of Latin laqueus (“knot, noose, snare, trap”))
• → Old Church Slavonic: локꙑ (loky)