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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *lh₂ewnom or *lowh₂nom (with laryngeal metathesis), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“to capture, enjoy”). Cognate with Latin lucrum (“profit, foredeal”), Ancient Greek λεία (leía, “booty, spoils”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*launą n
- reward, credit, booty
Inflection
Declension of *launą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*launą
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*launō
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| vocative
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*launą
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*launō
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| accusative
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*launą
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*launō
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| genitive
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*launas, *launis
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*launǫ̂
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| dative
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*launai
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*launamaz
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| instrumental
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*launō
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*launamiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *laun
- Old English: lēan
- Old Frisian: lān
- North Frisian: lean
- Saterland Frisian: Loon
- West Frisian: lean
- Old Saxon: lōn
- Middle Low German: lōn
- German Low German: Lauhn (Westfälisch)
- Old Dutch: *lōn
- Middle Dutch: lôon
- Dutch: loon
- Limburgish: loean
- Old High German: lōn
- Middle High German: lōn
- German: Lohn m
- Luxembourgish: Loun
- Pennsylvania German: Loh
- Yiddish: לוין (loyn)
- →⇒ Medieval Latin: *widerlonum, widerdonum
- Old French: gueredun, guerdon, werdon
- Occitan: guierdon
- Italian: guidardone, guiderdone
- Spanish: galardón
- Old Galician-Portuguese: gualardon
- Old Norse: laun
- Icelandic: laun
- Norwegian: læn, læ (dialectal)
- Old Swedish: løn
- Old Danish: løn
- Danish: løn
- Norwegian Bokmål: lønn
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: lønn
- → Faroese: løn
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: løn
- Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽 (laun)
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*launa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 329