*laikaz

Runic: ᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈlɑi̯.kɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

A nominal derivative of *laikaną (‘to jump, play’).

*laik (Proto-West Germanic)
- lēk (Middle Low German)
  - Leek (Low German)
*laik (Proto-West Germanic)
- lāc, læc (Old English)
  - lok, loke, loc, loac, lock, lake, lac (Middle English)
    - lake (English)
*laik (Proto-West Germanic)
- lai (Old French)
  - lai (French)
*laik (Proto-West Germanic)
- lai (Old French)
  - lay (Middle English)
    - lay (English)
*laik (Proto-West Germanic)
- leih (Old High German)
  - leich (Middle High German)
    - Laich, Leich (German)
*ᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ (*laikaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- ᚺᚨᛞᚢᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ (hadulaikaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
*ᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ (*laikaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- leikr (Old Norse)
  - leikur (Faroese)
  - leikur (Icelandic)
*ᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ (*laikaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- leikr (Old Norse)
  - leik (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    - leik (Norwegian Bokmål)
*ᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ (*laikaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- leikr (Old Norse)
  - lek (Old Danish)
    - leg (Danish)
      - lek (Norwegian Bokmål)
*ᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ (*laikaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- leikr (Old Norse)
  - leker (Old Swedish)
    - leikki (Finnish)
    - lek (Swedish)
𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks) (Gothic)
*likъ (Proto-Slavic)
*laikka (Proto-Finnic)