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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lāsu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Speculated from Pre-Germanic *leh₁d(s)tweh₂, equivalent to Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to let”) +‎ *-þwō. However since this word is restricted to Saxon, a borrowing from Proto-Slavic *lěsъ (“grove”) is attractive. Its actual cognate could be Latin lūcus (“grove, wood”).[1]

Noun

*lāsu f

  1. letting, allowing
  2. pasture

Inflection
wō-stem
Singular
Nominative *lāsu
Genitive *lāswā
Singular Plural
Nominative *lāsu *lāswō
Accusative *lāswā *lāswā
Genitive *lāswā *lāswō
Dative *lāswē *lāswōm
Instrumental *lāsu *lāswōm

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants
  • Old English: lǣs (“a letting, allowance”)
    • ⇒ Old English: blōdlǣs (“blood-letting”)
    • ⇒ Old English: blōdlǣswu (“blood-letting”)
  • Old English: lǣs (“pasture, leasow”)
    • Middle English: leswe, lesewe, leesewe
      • Scots: lesu, lesoue; lesour, lesure
      • English: lease; lessow, leasow
  • Old Saxon: lēsa; lās (“meadow; pasture; leigh; clearing in the woods”)

References
  1. Orr, Robert A. (2003), “Murk: A Neglected Slavic Loanword in Germanic?”, in Canadian Slavonic Papers‎, volume 45, issue 1/2, page 51
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