Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/plegō

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 1

From *plehan (“to care for”) +‎ *-ō.

Noun

*plegō m

care

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*plegō
Genitive	plegini, plegan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*plegō	*plegan
Accusative	*plegan	*plegan
Genitive	plegini, plegan	*pleganō
Dative	plegini, plegan	*plegum
Instrumental	plegini, plegan	*plegum

Descendants

Old Saxon: *plega
- Middle Low German: plēge
  - German Low German: Pleeg
Old Dutch: *plega
- Middle Dutch: plege
  - Dutch: pleeg
Old High German: *pflega; (compare pflega (“nurse”) (in compounds))
- Middle High German: pflege, phlege
  - German: Pflege
→ Medieval Latin: plevium

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

*plegō m

an exercise
a game

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*plegō
Genitive	plegini, plegan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*plegō	*plegan
Accusative	*plegan	*plegan
Genitive	plegini, plegan	*pleganō
Dative	plegini, plegan	*plegum
Instrumental	plegini, plegan	*plegum

Derived terms

*plegōn

Descendants

Old English: pleġa, plæġ, plæġa
- Middle English: pleye, pleie, plaw, plawe, play, playe, pleȝe, plæȝe, pleiȝ, pleouwe, ploȝe, plai, plaȝe, pleghe, plaghe, plasze
  - English: play
  - Scots: play
  - Yola: pley
Old Dutch: *plego
- Middle Dutch: plege

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