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

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
    - ⇒? Yola: kotlieough, cotleough
- Old Frisian: lāch
- Old Saxon: lōh
  - Middle Low German: lô, loe, loo, lâ, loch, loge, lage, loye
- Old Dutch: *lōh, *lō
  - Middle Dutch: lô
    - Dutch: lo, loo (obsolete outside place names)
- Old High German: lōh, lō
  - Middle High German: lōh, lōch, lō
    - German: Loh, Lah, Lage (mostly in place names)
Old Norse: ló
- Icelandic: ló
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lo
- Norwegian Bokmål: lo (mostly in place names, like Oslo)