Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/luginārī

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

Etymology

From *luginu (“lie, falsehood”) +‎ *-ārī.

Noun

*luginārī m

1. liar

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*luginārī, *luginārija
Genitive	*luginārijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*luginārī, *luginārija	*luginārijōs
Accusative	*luginārī, *luginārija	*luginārijā
Genitive	*luginārijas	*luginārijō
Dative	*luginārijē	*luginārijum
Instrumental	*lugināriju	*luginārijum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: leiner
• Old Saxon: lugināri
  • Middle Low German: lēgenære, legener, liggener
    • Plautdietsch: Läajna
    • → Danish: løgner
    • → Norwegian:

      Norwegian Bokmål: løgner

      Norwegian Nynorsk: lygnar, løgnar

    • → Swedish: lögnare
• Old Dutch: *lugināri
  • Middle Dutch: lōghenâre, lȫghenâre, lugenaer
    • Dutch: leugenaar
      • Afrikaans: leuenaar
      • Negerhollands: leegenaar, lugenaar, lugman, lugvolk
• Old High German: lugināri, lugineri, luginari
  • Middle High German: lügenære, lügener, lügenāre, lugenære, lugenāre, lugener
    • German: Lügner
    • Yiddish: ליגנער (ligner)