Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lakō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Deverbal from *lekaną (“to leak, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leg- (“to leak”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.kɔː/

Noun

*lakō f

a gully or stream
an area where water has run off and collected; drainage ditch
a puddle, pool
a pond or small lake

Inflection

Declension of *lakō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lakō	*lakôz
vocative	*lakō	*lakôz
accusative	*lakǭ	*lakōz
genitive	*lakōz	*lakǫ̂
dative	*lakōi	*lakōmaz
instrumental	*lakō	*lakōmiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *laku
- Old English: lacu
  - Middle English: lake
    - Scots: lake
    - English: lake
    - →? Old French: lac (replacing native Old French lai)
      - Middle French: lac
        French: lac
- Old Frisian: *lake
  - >? Saterland Frisian: Loge (“brine”) (perhaps merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *lagu)
- Old Saxon: laca (in placenames)
  - Middle Low German: lāke
    - German Low German: Lake, Laak
    - → German: Lake
    - → Danish: lage
      - →? Icelandic: lögur (“brine”)
    - → Old Swedish: laki (in the phrase fiska saltlaki "fish brine")
      - Swedish: lake
    - → Norwegian: lake
    - → Faroese: laki
- Old Dutch: *laca
  - Middle Dutch: lāke
    - Dutch: laak, laoke (dialectal)
- Old High German: lacha, *lahha
  - Middle High German: lache
    - German: Lache, Lacke (Austria)
    - Luxembourgish: Laach
  - → Vulgar Latin: *lacca
    - Italian: lacca
    - >? Old Occitan: lac, laz, latz (“pit, trench, pitfall”) (merged with descendant of Latin laqueus (“knot, noose, snare, trap”))
→ Old Church Slavonic: локꙑ (loky)