*lakaną

Runic: ᛚᚨᚲᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈlɑ.kɑ.nɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

linen; cloth; sheet

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂g- (‘to be slack; be limp; droop; sag’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.lakanąlakanō
Acc.lakanąlakanō
Gen.lakanas, lakanislakanǫ̂
Dat.lakanailakanamaz
Inst.lakanōlakanamiz
Voc.lakanąlakanō

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Descendants

  • *lacen (Old English)
    • lake (Middle English)
      • lake (English)
      • lake, laik (Scots)
  • *læcen (Old English)
    • lake (Middle English)
      • lake (English)
      • lake, laik (Scots)
  • leken (Old Frisian)
    • Leeken (Saterland Frisian)
    • lekken (West Frisian)
  • letzen (Old Frisian)
    • Leeken (Saterland Frisian)
    • lekken (West Frisian)
  • lezen (Old Frisian)
    • Leeken (Saterland Frisian)
    • lekken (West Frisian)
  • lakan (Old Saxon)
    • lāken (Middle Low German)
      • Laken (German Low German)
        • Laken (German)
  • lakan (Old Saxon)
    • lāken (Middle Low German)
      • lakan, lak (Old Norse)
        • lagen (Danish)
        • lak (Faroese)
        • lak (Icelandic)
        • laken (Norwegian)
  • lakan (Old Saxon)
    • lāken (Middle Low German)
      • lakan, lak (Old Norse)
        • lakan (Old Swedish)
          • lakana (Finnish)
          • lakan (Swedish)
  • *lakan (Old Dutch)
    • laken (Middle Dutch)
      • laken (Dutch)
        • laken (Afrikaans)
  • lahhan (Old High German)
    • lachen (Middle High German)
      • Lachen, Leilachen (German)
  • lachan (Old High German)
    • lachen (Middle High German)
      • Lachen, Leilachen (German)

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