Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laudaz

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑu̯.ðɑz/

Etymology 1

From *leudaną (“to sprout; spring up; grow”).

Adjective

*laudaz[1]

  1. large, great
Inflection
Declension of *laudaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *laudaz *laudō *laudą, *-at(ō) *laudai *laudôz *laudō
accusative *laudanǭ *laudǭ *laudą, *-at(ō) *laudanz *laudōz *laudō
genitive *laudas, *laudis *laudaizōz *laudas, *laudis *laudaizǫ̂ *laudaizǫ̂ *laudaizǫ̂
dative *laudammai *laudaizōi *laudammai *laudaimaz *laudaimaz *laudaimaz
instrumental *laudanō *laudaizō *laudanō *laudaimiz *laudaimiz *laudaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *laudô *laudǭ *laudô *laudaniz *laudōniz *laudōnō
accusative *laudanų *laudōnų *laudô *laudanunz *laudōnunz *laudōnō
genitive *laudiniz *laudōniz *laudiniz *laudanǫ̂ *laudōnǫ̂ *laudanǫ̂
dative *laudini *laudōni *laudini *laudammaz *laudōmaz *laudammaz
instrumental *laudinē *laudōnē *laudinē *laudammiz *laudōmiz *laudammiz
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *laud
    • Middle High German: lōte (“qualified, conditioned”)
  • Gothic: *𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (*lauþs)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁lówdʰos, a o-grade formation from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow”), parallel to *liudiz (“man, person”).

Noun

*laudaz m[2](East Germanic)

  1. (in the singular) man
  2. (in the plural) men
Inflection
Declension of *laudaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *laudaz *laudōz, *laudōs
vocative *laud *laudōz, *laudōs
accusative *laudą *laudanz
genitive *laudas, *laudis *laudǫ̂
dative *laudai *laudamaz
instrumental *laudō *laudamiz
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*laudaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 238
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lauda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 328
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