Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laugō

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 *lewh₃- (“to wash”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑu̯.ɣɔː/

Noun

*laugō f

bath, wash
soap, lye

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *laugō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*laugō	*laugôz
vocative	*laugō	*laugôz
accusative	*laugǭ	*laugōz
genitive	*laugōz	*laugǫ̂
dative	*laugōi	*laugōmaz
instrumental	*laugō	*laugōmiz

Descendants

The descendants mean "bath" in North Germanic, but "lye" in West Germanic.

Old English: lēaġ
- Middle English: leihe, leȝe, liȝe
  - English: lye
  - Scots: lee
Old Frisian: *lāch
- Saterland Frisian: Looie
Old Saxon: *lōga
- Middle Low German: lôge
  - German Low German: Loge, Loog, Loje
Old Dutch: *lōga
- Middle Dutch: lôge
  - Dutch: loog
Old High German: louga
- Middle High German: louge
  - German: Lauge
Old Norse: laug
- Icelandic: laug
- Faroese: leyg
- Norwegian:
  - Bokmål: laug
  - Nynorsk: laug
- Old Swedish: løgh
  - Swedish: lög
- Danish: løv, lø, løj, lørdag, Løgum (placename)
- Westrobothnian: löggdag, löydag, löuv
Samic: *lāvkō, *lāvkōtēk (“to bathe”)
- Northern Sami: lávgu
- Southern Sami: laavkoe

References

Proto-Germanic/laugō in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

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