Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/līþu

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *léyH-tu ~ *liH-téw-s, from *leyH- (“to pour”) +‎ *-tu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliː.θu/

Noun

*līþu n[1]

  1. cider
  2. strong drink; liquor

Inflection

Declension of *līþu (neuter u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *līþu *līþū
vocative *līþu *līþū
accusative *līþu *līþū
genitive *līþauz *līþiwǫ̂
dative *līþiwi *līþumaz
instrumental *līþū *līþumiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *līþu
    • Old English: līþ
    • Old Frisian: līth
    • Old Saxon: līth
    • Old High German: līth, līd
      • Middle High German: lît; lîtgebe
        • Bavarian: Leithaus; Leitkauf; leitgeben, Leitgeber
  • Old Norse: líð
  • Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌿 (leiþu)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*līþu ~ *līþan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 249
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