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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lag

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lagą.

Noun

*lag n

situation
law
a settled amount (cost, price, payment, etc.)

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lag
Genitive	*lagas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lag	*lagu
Accusative	*lag	*lagu
Genitive	*lagas	*lagō
Dative	*lagē	*lagum
Instrumental	*lagu	*lagum

Descendants

Old English: *læġ
- Middle English: lai, lay, lagh
  - English: lay
  - Scots: lay
- ⇒ Old English: ġelæġ
- ⇒ Old English: oferlæġ
⇒ Old Frisian: laga
- North Frisian: lag, log
Old Saxon: *lag
- Middle Low German: lag, lach, lōch, lov
Old Dutch: lag
- Middle Dutch: lach
  - Dutch: lag

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