Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lētaz

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

From *lētaną (“to let; free; release”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɛː.tɑz/

Noun

*lētaz m

freeman
bondsman; serf

Inflection

Declension of *lētaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lētaz	lētōz, lētōs
vocative	*lēt	lētōz, lētōs
accusative	*lētą	*lētanz
genitive	lētas, lētis	*lētǫ̂
dative	*lētai	*lētamaz
instrumental	*lētō	*lētamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *lāt
- Old English: lǣt
- Old Frisian: lēt
- Old Saxon: lāt
  - Middle Low German: *lât, lat
- Old Dutch: *lāt
  - Middle Dutch: lâet
    - Dutch: laat
- Old High German: lāz; lāza f
  - Middle High German: lazze m
⇒ Old Norse: látr (adjective) (in compounds)
Gothic: *𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (*lēts) (in derivatives: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (fralēts))
- → Medieval Latin: laetus, litus
  - → Old Saxon: lido, liddo
  - → Old Dutch: lito
  - → Old High German: litus
    - Middle High German: *lite
      - German: Lite