Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lat

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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *lataz.

Adjective[edit]

*lat[1]

  1. slow, lazy
    Synonym: *trāgī
  2. late
    Synonym: *spādī

Inflection[edit]

a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *lat
Genitive *latas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *lat *latu *lat
Accusative *latanā *latā *lat
Genitive *latas *lateʀā *latas
Dative *latumē *lateʀē *latumē
Instrumental *latu *lateʀu *latu
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *latē *latō *latu
Accusative *latā *latā *latu
Genitive *lateʀō *lateʀō *lateʀō
Dative *latēm, *latum *latēm, *latum *latēm, *latum
Instrumental *latēm, *latum *latēm, *latum *latēm, *latum

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Old English: læt
  • Old Frisian: let
    • Saterland Frisian: leet
    • West Frisian: let
  • Old Saxon: lat
    • Middle Low German: lat
  • Old Dutch: *lat
  • Old High German: laz

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 194:PWGmc *lat