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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *laguz</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_laguz</idno>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_grc_lakkos" xml:lang="grc" type="cognate">
          <orth>λάκκος</orth>
          <form type="translit">
            <orth>lákkos</orth>
          </form>
          <def>waterhole, pond, pit</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_ine-x-proto_lokus" xml:lang="ine-x-proto" type="etymon">
          <orth>*lókus</orth>
          <def>lake, pond</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_lat_lacus" xml:lang="lat" type="cognate">
          <orth>lacus</orth>
          <def>hollow, pond</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_sga_loch" xml:lang="sga" type="cognate">
          <orth>loch</orth>
          <def>lake, pond</def>
        </item>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_laguz" type="noun" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laguz">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>laguz</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈlɑ.ɣuz</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛚᚨᚷᚢᛉ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>noun</pos>
            <gram type="gender">masculine</gram>
            <gram type="stem">u-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>water, liquid</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="2">
            <def>sea, ocean</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="3">
            <def>wetness</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="4">
            <def>name of the rune ᛚ (l)</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From Proto-Indo-European <mentioned xml:lang="ine-x-proto" target="#cog_ine-x-proto_lokus"><ref target="#cog_ine-x-proto_lokus">*lókus</ref></mentioned> (‘lake, pond’). Cognate with Latin <mentioned xml:lang="lat" target="#cog_lat_lacus"><ref target="#cog_lat_lacus">lacus</ref></mentioned> (‘hollow, pond’), Old Irish <mentioned xml:lang="sga" target="#cog_sga_loch"><ref target="#cog_sga_loch">loch</ref></mentioned> (‘lake, pond’), Ancient Greek <mentioned xml:lang="grc" target="#cog_grc_lakkos"><ref target="#cog_grc_lakkos">λάκκος</ref></mentioned> (lákkos, ‘waterhole, pond, pit’).</seg>
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            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom">
              <orth>laguz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom">
              <orth>lagiwiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc">
              <orth>lagų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc">
              <orth>lagunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen">
              <orth>lagauz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen">
              <orth>lagiwǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat">
              <orth>lagiwi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat">
              <orth>lagumaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr">
              <orth>lagū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr">
              <orth>lagumiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #voc">
              <orth>lagu</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #voc">
              <orth>lagiwiz</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*lagu</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>lagu</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*lagu</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>lagu, lago</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>laȝe, lawe, laie, leye</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>lay</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*lagu</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>*lage</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>Loge</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>lǫgr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>løgur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>lögur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                    <orth>låg</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>log</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>low, lou</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Scots</lang>
                    <orth>lyog</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>lǫgr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>lagher</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>lag</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>*𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃 (*lagus)</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
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