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

1. clearing
2. meadow

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension 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: lōch, lō
  • Old Dutch: *lōh, *lō
    • Middle Dutch: lô
      • Dutch: lo, loo (obsolete outside place names)
  • Old High German: lōh
    • 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)