Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/galōfô

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 *ga- (associative prefix) +‎ *lōfô (“palm of the hand”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣɑ.ˈlɔː.ɸɔːː/

Noun

*galōfô m[1]

  1. glove

Inflection

Declension of *galōfô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *galōfô *galōfaniz
vocative *galōfô *galōfaniz
accusative *galōfanų *galōfanunz
genitive *galōfiniz *galōfanǫ̂
dative *galōfini *galōfammaz
instrumental *galōfinē *galōfammiz

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *galōfō, *glōfō, *galōfā, *glōfā
    • Old English: glōf, glōfe f, glōfa m
      • Middle English: glofe, glove
  • Old Norse: glófi
    • Icelandic: glófi
    • Faroese: glógvi

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lōfan- ~ *lappan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 340-1: “*ga-lōfa(n)-”
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