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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *lakjaną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-02"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_lakjaną</idno>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_lakjana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lakjaną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>lakjaną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈlɑk.jɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛚᚨᚲᛃᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Weak class 1</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to make wet; moisten</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From *lekaną (‘to leak’) + *-janą.</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>lakjō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>lakjaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>lakjai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>lakisi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>lakjais</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>laki</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>lakjasai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>lakjaisau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>lakiþi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>lakjai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>lakjaþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>lakjaþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>lakjaiþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>lakjōs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>lakjaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>lakjaþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>lakjaiþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>lakjaþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>lakjamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>lakjaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>lakjanþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>lakjainþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>lakiþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>lakjaiþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>lakiþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>lakjanþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>lakjainþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>lakjanþi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>lakjain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>lakjanþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>lakjanþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>lakjainþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>lakidǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>lakidēdį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>lakidēz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>lakidēdīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>lakidē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>lakidēdī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>lakidēdū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>lakidēdīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>lakidēdudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>lakidēdīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>lakidēdum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>lakidēdīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>lakidēdud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>lakidēdīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>lakidēdun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>lakidēdīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>lakjandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>lakidaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>lakjaną</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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            <list>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*lakkjan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*lecken</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>lecken</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>lekken</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                          <orth>lek</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*lakkjan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>leċċan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>*lecchen, *lechen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>leach</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*lakkjan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>*letza, lekka</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>läkke</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>lekke</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*lakkjan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>lekken, lecken</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>lecken</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>lecken</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*lakkjan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>*lekkian</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>lecken, legkken</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German Low German</lang>
                        <orth>lecken</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*lakkjan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>*lekkian</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>lecken, legkken</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Danish</lang>
                        <orth>lække</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                          <orth>lekke</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
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