Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lewô

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 *léwh₁-on-, from *lewh₁- (“to cut off, loosen”). Particularly close cognate semantically with Sanskrit लवित्र (lavítra, “sickle”), and additionally related to Proto-Germanic *leusaną (“to lose”); see the latter for more cognates.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈle.wɔːː/

Noun

*lewô m[1]

  1. scythe

Inflection

Declension of *lewô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *lewô *lewaniz
vocative *lewô *lewaniz
accusative *lewanų *lewanunz
genitive *liwiniz *lewanǫ̂
dative *liwini *lewammaz
instrumental *liwinē *lewammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *lewō
    • Old Saxon: *lewo
  • Old Norse: lé

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lēwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 335: “*lewh₁-”
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