*laugō

Runic: ᛚᚨᚢᚷᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈlɑu̯.ɣɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

  1. bath, wash
  2. soap, lye

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (‘to wash’), perhaps via pre-Germanic *lowh₃-k-éh₂.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.laugōlaugôz
Acc.laugǭlaugōz
Gen.laugōzlaugǫ̂
Dat.laugōilaugōmaz
Inst.laugōlaugōmiz
Voc.laugōlaugôz

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Descendants

  • *laugu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *lōga (Old Dutch)
      • lôge (Middle Dutch)
        • loog (Dutch)
          • loog (Afrikaans)
  • *laugu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • lēaġ (Old English)
      • leihe, leȝe, liȝe (Middle English)
        • lye (English)
        • lee (Scots)
  • *laugu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *lāge, *lāch (Old Frisian)
      • Loge, Looie (Saterland Frisian)
      • leach (West Frisian)
  • *laugu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • louga (Old High German)
      • louge (Middle High German)
        • луга (luga) (Bulgarian)
        • louh (Czech)
        • Lauge (German)
        • lúg (Hungarian)
        • лу́га (lúga) (Macedonian)
        • ług (Polish)
        • лу̑г, lȗg (Serbo-Croatian)
        • lúh (Slovak)
        • lug (Slovene)
        • луг (luh) (Ukrainian)
  • *laugu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *lōga (Old Saxon)
      • lôge (Middle Low German)
        • Loge, Loog, Loje (German Low German)
  • laug (Old Norse)
    • leyg (Faroese)
    • laug (Icelandic)
  • laug (Old Norse)
    • laug (Norwegian Nynorsk)
      • laug (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • laug (Old Norse)
    • løgh (Old Danish)
      • løv, lø, løj, lørdag, Løgum (Danish)
  • laug (Old Norse)
    • løgh (Old Swedish)
      • lög (Swedish)
  • *lāvkō (Proto-Samic)
  • *lauka (Proto-Finnic)
    • lauka, laukka (Finnish)
  • *lauko (Proto-Finnic)
    • laukovesi, laukohiukset (Finnish)
    • laukopäivä (Ingrian)
    • laukopäive, laukoja (Votic)

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