Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laugō
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]*laugō f [1]
- (North Germanic) bath, wash
- Synonym: *baþą
- (West Germanic) soap, lye
Inflection
[edit]ō-stemDeclension of *laugō (ō-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *laugō | *laugôz | |
vocative | *laugō | *laugôz | |
accusative | *laugǭ | *laugōz | |
genitive | *laugōz | *laugǫ̂ | |
dative | *laugōi | *laugōmaz | |
instrumental | *laugō | *laugōmiz |
Related terms
[edit]- *lauþrą (“nitre; soap suds”)
- *lauþrijaną
Descendants
[edit]The descendants mean "bath" in North Germanic, but "lye" in West Germanic.
- Proto-West Germanic: *laugu
- Old Norse: laug
- Proto-Samic: *lāvkō, *lāvkōtēk (“to bathe”)
References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*lauʒō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 238