Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laugō

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

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑu̯.ɣɔː/

Noun

*laugō f^[1]

(North Germanic) bath, wash
Synonym: *baþą
(West Germanic) soap, lye
Synonyms: *lauþrą, *saipǭ

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *laugō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*laugō	*laugôz
vocative	*laugō	*laugôz
accusative	*laugǭ	*laugōz
genitive	*laugōz	*laugǫ̂
dative	*laugōi	*laugōmaz
instrumental	*laugō	*laugōmiz

Related terms

*lauþrą (“nitre; soap suds”)
*lauþrijaną

Descendants

The descendants mean "bath" in North Germanic, but "lye" in West Germanic.

Proto-West Germanic: *laugu
- Old English: lēaġ
  - Middle English: leihe, leȝe, liȝe
    - English: lye
    - Scots: lee
- Old Frisian: *lāge, *lāch
  - Saterland Frisian: Loge, Looie
  - West Frisian: leach
- Old Saxon: *lōga
  - Middle Low German: lôge
    - German Low German: Loge, Loog, Loje
- Old Dutch: *lōga
  - Middle Dutch: lôge
    - Dutch: loog
      - Afrikaans: loog
- Old High German: louga
  - Middle High German: louge
    - German: Lauge
    - → Bulgarian: луга (luga)
    - → Czech: louh
    - → Hungarian: lúg
    - → Macedonian: лу́га (lúga)
    - → Polish: ług
    - → Serbo-Croatian: лу̑г / lȗg
    - → Slovak: lúh
    - → Slovene: lug
    - → Ukrainian: луг (luh)
Old Norse: laug
- Icelandic: laug
- Faroese: leyg
- Norwegian Nynorsk: laug
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: laug
- Old Swedish: løgh
  - Swedish: lög
- Old Danish: løgh
  - Danish: løv, lø, løj, lørdag, Løgum (placename)
Proto-Samic: *lāvkō, *lāvkōtēk (“to bathe”)
- Northern Sami: lávgu
- Southern Sami: laavkoe

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lauʒō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 238