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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lagjaz

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

Of unclear origin:

Noun

*lagjaz m

  1. leg, thigh

Inflection

masculine ja-stemDeclension of *lagjaz (masculine ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *lagjaz *lagjōz, *lagjōs
vocative *lagi *lagjōz, *lagjōs
accusative *lagją *lagjanz
genitive *lagjas, *lagis *lagjǫ̂
dative *lagjai *lagjamaz
instrumental *lagjō *lagjamiz

Descendants

  • Lombardic: lagi
  • Old Norse: leggr

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “lagja”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 321-22
  2. Buck, Carl Darling, A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages, University of Chicago, 1949, reprinted 1988.
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