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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *lekaną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
      </titleStmt>
      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_lekaną</idno>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_ine-x-proto_leg" xml:lang="ine-x-proto" type="etymon">
          <orth>*leg-</orth>
          <def>to leak</def>
        </item>
      </list>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_lekana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lekaną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>lekaną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈle.kɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛚᛖᚲᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Strong class 5</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>To leak; seep; drip</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From Proto-Indo-European <mentioned xml:lang="ine-x-proto" target="#cog_ine-x-proto_leg"><ref target="#cog_ine-x-proto_leg">*leg-</ref></mentioned> (‘to leak’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>lekō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>lekaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>lekai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>likizi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>lekaiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>lek</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>lekazai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>lekaizau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>likidi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>lekai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>lekadau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>lekadai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>lekaidau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>lekōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>lekaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>lekadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>lekaidiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>lekadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>lekamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>lekaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>lekandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>lekaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>likid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>lekaid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>likid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>lekandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>lekaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>lekandi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>lekain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>lekandau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>lekandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>lekaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>lak</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>lēkį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>laht</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>lēkīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>lak</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>lēkī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>lēkū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>lēkīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>lēkudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>lēkīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>lēkum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>lēkīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>lēkud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>lēkīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>lēkun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>lēkīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>lekandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>lekanaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>lekaną</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*lekan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*lekan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>lēken, lecken</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Limburgish</lang>
                        <orth>laeke, läkke</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*lekan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*lekan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>lēken, 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>*lekan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>*lecan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>leken</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>leke, lek, leek</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*lekan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>*lecan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>leken</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>leak</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Esperanto</lang>
                          <orth>liki</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*lekan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>*leka, *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>*lekan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>lehhan, irlehhan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>lechen, erlëchen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>lechen, erlechen</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*lekan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>*lekan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>lēken</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Low German</lang>
                        <orth>leken</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>leka</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>leka</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>leka</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>leka</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>läka, läcka</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
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