Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lakkjan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lakjaną.

Verb

*lakkjan

1. to wet, moisten

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*lakkjan
1st sg. past	*lakidā
Infinitive	*lakkjan
Genitive infin.	*lakkjannjas
Dative infin.	*lakkjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*lakkjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*lakkju	*lakidā
2nd singular	*lakisi	*lakidēs, *lakidōs
3rd singular	*lakiþi	*lakidē, *lakidā
1st plural	*lakkjum	*lakidum
2nd plural	*lakiþ	*lakidud
3rd plural	*lakkjanþ	*lakidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*lakkjē	*lakidī
2nd singular	*lakkjēs	*lakidī
3rd singular	*lakkjē	*lakidī
1st plural	*lakkjēm	*lakidīm
2nd plural	*lakkjēþ	*lakidīd
3rd plural	*lakkjēn	*lakidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*laki
Plural	*lakiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*lakkjandī	*lakid

Descendants

• Old English: leċċan
  • Middle English: *lecchen, *lechen
    • English: leach
• Old Frisian: *letza, lekka
  • Saterland Frisian: läkke
  • West Frisian: lekke
• Old Saxon: *lekkian
  • Middle Low German: lecken, legkken
    • German Low German: lecken
    • → Danish: lække
      • Norwegian Bokmål: lekke
• Old Dutch: *lecken
  • Middle Dutch: lecken
    • Dutch: lekken
      • Afrikaans: lek
• Old High German: lekken, lecken
  • Middle High German: lecken
    • German: lecken