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-lac
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Appendix:Variations of "lac"
Old English
Etymology
ang :inh gmw-pro:*-laik<ety:inh<gem-pro:*-laikaz>>
From ang gmw-pro *-laik, from ang gem-pro *-laiką jump, spring, sport (alternative form of gem-pro *-laikaz), from gem-pro *laiką play, sport, fight, activity, from ang ine-pro *leyg- to bounce, shake, tremble. Related to gem-pro *laikaz game, dance, hymn, sport.
Akin to ang lāc sport, play. More at en lake Etymology 2.
Also borrowed from Old Norse as enm -laik, enm -leȝȝe.
Pronunciation
-lāc
Suffix
-lāc n
forms nouns denoting activity
ang feohtlāc fighting
forms nouns meaning “practice, action or process of”
ang wedlāc pledge, plighted troth
forms nouns meaning “act of”
ang hǣmedlāc sexual intercourse
forms nouns meaning “gift”
ang frēolāc oblation, free-will offering
ang sǣlāc sea-gift
Declension
-lāc
Derived terms
ang
Descendants
enm -lok 1
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Compare sh -ac. sh Whence the -l-?
Suffix
Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, performer or a feature.