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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *lēgaz + *-iþō.
Pronunciation
Noun
*lēgiþō f
- lowness, depression (an area where the ground is lower)
Inflection
Declension of *lēgiþō (ō-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*lēgiþō
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*lēgiþôz
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| vocative
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*lēgiþō
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*lēgiþôz
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| accusative
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*lēgiþǭ
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*lēgiþōz
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| genitive
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*lēgiþōz
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*lēgiþǫ̂
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| dative
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*lēgiþōi
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*lēgiþōmaz
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| instrumental
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*lēgiþō
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*lēgiþōmiz
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Descendants
The Scandinavian forms have been influenced by the Middle Low German word (and/or later Low German); some of them are perhaps borrowed.
- Proto-West Germanic: *lāgiþu
- Old Frisian: *lēgethe, lēchte
- Saterland Frisian: Läichte
- Old Saxon: *lāgitha, *lēgitha
- Middle Low German: lêgede
- German Low German: Leegde, Leegte, Leegd, Leegt
- Low German: laide, leide
- Old Dutch: *lāgitha, *lēgitha
- Middle Dutch: lagede, legede, leechde
- Old High German: *lāgida
- Middle High German: *lægede, legede
- Old Norse: lægð
- Icelandic: lægð
- Faroese: lægd
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lægd; (dialectal) lågd, leigd
- Swedish: lägd, lejd
- Danish: lejd, lejde
- →? Middle English: *lahthe, *loȝthe, *lowthe (calque)