Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lauhaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lówkos (“clearing”), which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright”). Cognate with Latin lūcus (“sacred grove”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑu̯.xɑz/

Noun

*lauhaz m

  1. clearing
  2. meadow

Inflection

Declension of *lauhaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *lauhaz *lauhōz, *lauhōs
vocative *lauh *lauhōz, *lauhōs
accusative *lauhą *lauhanz
genitive *lauhas, *lauhis *lauhǫ̂
dative *lauhai *lauhamaz
instrumental *lauhō *lauhamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *lauh
    • Old English: lēah
      • Middle English: leye, ley, legh, lege, liegh
        • English: leigh, lea
        • Scots: le, ley, lei
    • Old Frisian: lāch
    • Old Saxon: lōh
    • Old Dutch: *lōh, *lō
      • Middle Dutch: lô
        • Dutch: lo, loo (obsolete outside place names)
    • Old High German: lōh, lō
  • Old Norse: ló
    • Icelandic: ló
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: lo
    • Norwegian Bokmål: lo (mostly in place names, like Oslo)
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