Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/glauw

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *glawwaz.

Adjective

*glauw[1]

  1. wise

Inflection

a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *glauw
Genitive *glauwas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *glauw *glauwu *glauw
Accusative *glauwanā *glauwā *glauw
Genitive *glauwas *glauweʀā *glauwas
Dative *glauwumē *glauweʀē *glauwumē
Instrumental *glauwu *glauweʀu *glauwu
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *glauwē *glauwō *glauwu
Accusative *glauwā *glauwā *glauwu
Genitive *glauweʀō *glauweʀō *glauweʀō
Dative *glauwēm, *glauwum *glauwēm, *glauwum *glauwēm, *glauwum
Instrumental *glauwēm, *glauwum *glauwēm, *glauwum *glauwēm, *glauwum

Descendants

  • Old English: glēaw
  • Old Saxon: glau
  • Old Dutch: *glao
    • Dutch: glouw, glooi (dialectal)
  • Old High German: glou, glau, klau
    • Middle High German: *glou (in glouheit)
      • German: glau (dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 66: “PWGmc *glauw”
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