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l
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ċċan
V
to grab (sometimes violently: snatch, catch, apprehend)
Source:
Kroonen 2013
:325,
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/læccan#Old_English
,
Ringe 2014
:98
originates from: PGmc
*lakjan-
"grab" (lakjan-
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lakkjan
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lækkjan
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læċċjan
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leċċjan
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leċċan) through pgmc-to-oe
(source:
Kroonen 2013
:325)
Variations
læccean
"take, grasp, seize, catch"