*lēgiþō

Runic: ᛚᛖᚷᛁᚦᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈlɛː.ɣi.θɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

lowness, depression (an area where the ground is lower)

Etymology

From *lēgaz + *-iþō.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.lēgiþōlēgiþôz
Acc.lēgiþǭlēgiþōz
Gen.lēgiþōzlēgiþǫ̂
Dat.lēgiþōilēgiþōmaz
Inst.lēgiþōlēgiþōmiz
Voc.lēgiþōlēgiþôz

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Descendants

  • *lāgiþu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *lāgitha, *lēgitha (Old Dutch)
      • lagede, legede, leechde (Middle Dutch)
        • laagte (Dutch)
  • *lāgiþu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *lēgethe, lēchte (Old Frisian)
      • Läichte (Saterland Frisian)
  • *lāgiþu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *lāgida (Old High German)
      • *lægede, legede (Middle High German)
  • *lāgiþu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *lāgitha, *lēgitha (Old Saxon)
      • lêgede (Middle Low German)
        • Leegde, Leegte, Leegd, Leegt (German Low German)
        • laide, leide (Low German)
  • lægð (Old Norse)
    • lejd, lejde (Danish)
    • lægd (Faroese)
    • lægð (Icelandic)
    • lægd, lågd, leigd (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • lägd, lejd (Swedish)
  • lægð (Old Norse)
    • *lahthe, *loȝthe, *lowthe (Middle English)
      • lowth (English)

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