Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᛚᚨᚢᚷᛁᛉ

This Proto-Norse 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-Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *laugiz. Ablaut to Proto-Norse *ᛚᛟᚷᚨ (*loga), from Proto-Germanic *lugô (“flame”).

Noun

ᛚᚨᚢᚷᛁᛉ (laugiʀ)

  1. flame, blaze

Descendants

  • Old Norse: leygr, løgr
    • Icelandic: leygur
    • Old Swedish: *lø̄ger (via some lake names)
    • >? Old Gutnish: *lukʀ (compare Proto-Germanic *lugô (“flame”), Latin lux (“light”))
      • Gutnish: lukarr
        • Swedish: lukarr (dialectal, Southern Gotland)[1]

References

  1. ^ https://runeberg.org/dialektl/0444.html
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