*laguz

Runic: ᛚᚨᚷᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈlɑ.ɣuz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

  1. water, liquid
  2. sea, ocean
  3. wetness
  4. name of the rune ᛚ (l)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lókus (‘lake, pond’). Cognate with Latin lacus (‘hollow, pond’), Old Irish loch (‘lake, pond’), Ancient Greek λάκκος (lákkos) (lákkos, ‘waterhole, pond, pit’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.laguzlagiwiz
Acc.lagųlagunz
Gen.lagauzlagiwǫ̂
Dat.lagiwilagumaz
Inst.lagūlagumiz
Voc.lagulagiwiz

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Descendants

  • *lagu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • lagu (Old Saxon)
  • *lagu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • lagu, lago (Old English)
      • laȝe, lawe, laie, leye (Middle English)
        • lay (English)
  • *lagu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *lage (Old Frisian)
      • Loge (Saterland Frisian)
  • lǫgr (Old Norse)
    • løgur (Faroese)
    • lögur (Icelandic)
    • låg (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • log (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • low, lou (Old Danish)
    • lyog (Scots)
  • lǫgr (Old Norse)
    • lagher (Old Swedish)
      • lag (Swedish)
  • *𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃 (*lagus) (Gothic)

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