Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlautaz

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

An o-grade nominal formation from *hleutaną (“to cast lots”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxlɑu̯.tɑz/

Noun

*hlautaz m

  1. lot, share
  2. fate

Inflection

Declension of *hlautaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hlautaz *hlautōz, *hlautōs
vocative *hlaut *hlautōz, *hlautōs
accusative *hlautą *hlautanz
genitive *hlautas, *hlautis *hlautǫ̂
dative *hlautai *hlautamaz
instrumental *hlautō *hlautamiz

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hlaut
    • Old English: hlīet, hlȳte, hlȳt (< *hlutiz)
      • Middle English: lete
    • Old Saxon: hlōt
      • Middle Low German: lôt
    • Old Dutch: *lōt
    • Old High German: hlōz, lōz (mostly neuter a-stem)
      • Middle High German: lōz
        • German: Los
          • → German Low German: Loos
        • Luxembourgish: Lous
        • → Old Polish: los
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (hlauts)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hlauta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 230
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