Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/legr
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Germanic *legrą.
Noun
edit*legr n[1]
Inflection
editNeuter a-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *legr | |
Genitive | *legras | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *legr | *legru |
Accusative | *legr | *legru |
Genitive | *legras | *legrō |
Dative | *legrē | *legrum |
Instrumental | *legru | *legrum |
Descendants
edit- Old English: leġer
- Old Frisian: legor, leger
- Old Saxon: legar
- Old Dutch: *leger
- Old High German: legar
Etymology 2
editHypothetically from Proto-Germanic *legraz, but without Germanic cognates. Equivalent to *liggjan + *-r.
Adjective
edit*legr
- (Anglo-Frisian Germanic) lying (together with someone)
Inflection
edita-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
Singular | Masculine | ||
Nominative | *legr | ||
Genitive | *legras | ||
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *legr | *legru | *legr |
Accusative | *legranā | *legrā | *legr |
Genitive | *legras | *legreʀā | *legras |
Dative | *legrumē | *legreʀē | *legrumē |
Instrumental | *legru | *legreʀu | *legru |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *legrē | *legrō | *legru |
Accusative | *legrā | *legrā | *legru |
Genitive | *legreʀō | *legreʀō | *legreʀō |
Dative | *legrēm, *legrum | *legrēm, *legrum | *legrēm, *legrum |
Instrumental | *legrēm, *legrum | *legrēm, *legrum | *legrēm, *legrum |
Descendants
edit- Old English: *leġer
- ⇒ Old English: ānleġer, dirneleġer
References
edit- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 328: “PWGmc *legr”
Categories:
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *legʰ-
- Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-West Germanic lemmas
- Proto-West Germanic nouns
- Proto-West Germanic neuter nouns
- Proto-West Germanic neuter a-stem nouns
- Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-r
- Proto-West Germanic adjectives
- Anglo-Frisian Germanic
- Proto-West Germanic a-stem adjectives