Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laidō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *leyt- (“to go, go forth, die”), perhaps an extension of the root *ley- (“to be slippery, glide, streak”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯.ðɔː/

Noun

*laidō f

a leading
a way, course, route, direction

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *laidō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*laidō	*laidôz
vocative	*laidō	*laidôz
accusative	*laidǭ	*laidōz
genitive	*laidōz	*laidǫ̂
dative	*laidōi	*laidōmaz
instrumental	*laidō	*laidōmiz

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: lād, ġelād
- Middle English: lad, lode, loode
  - Scots: laid, lade
  - English: lode, load
Old Frisian: lāde, lēde
Old Saxon: lēda
- Middle Low German: leide
  - Norwegian: leide
  - Old Swedish: leidh
    - Swedish: lejd
Old Dutch: *lēda, *leida
- Middle Dutch: leide
  - Dutch: lei
Old High German: leida
- Middle High German: leite, geleite
  - German: Leite, Geleite
Old Norse: leið
- Icelandic: leið
- Faroese: leið
- Norwegian:
  - Bokmål: lei, led
  - Nynorsk: lei
- Old Swedish: lēþ
  - Swedish: led
- Danish: led
→ Finnic: *laita
- Estonian: laid
- Finnish: laita
→ Samic: *lājδō

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