Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lakō

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.kɔː/

Noun

*lakō f

leak; drain; ditch
seep; water aggregation, puddle, pool; lake

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension 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

Derived terms

Old English: lacu
- Middle English: lake
  - Scots: lake
  - English: lake
Old Saxon: laca (in placenames)
- Middle Low German: lāke
  - German: Lake
  - German Low German: Lake, Laak
Old Dutch: *laka, laco (in placenames)
- Middle Dutch: lāke
  - Dutch: laak
Old High German: lacha, *lahha
- Middle High German: lache
  - German: Lache, Lacke
  - Luxembourgish: Laach
- → Italian: lacca
Old Norse: *laka
→ Old Church Slavonic: локꙑ (loky)

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