Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlutą

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 i-stem nominal formation derived from the root of *hleutaną (“to cast lots; to undergo, endure, be fated (to)”).^[1] Cognate with Latvian kļũtas (“fate”).

Noun

*hlutą n

lot, share
fate

Inflection

Declension of *hlutą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hlutą	*hlutō
vocative	*hlutą	*hlutō
accusative	*hlutą	*hlutō
genitive	hlutas, hlutis	*hlutǫ̂
dative	*hlutai	*hlutamaz
instrumental	*hlutō	*hlutamiz

Synonyms

*hlautaz
*hlutiz

Derived terms

*hlutōną

Related terms

*hleutaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *hlut, *hlot
- Old English: hlot (hlyte m < *hlutiz)
  - Middle English: lot
    - Scots: hlot, holt, lot
    - English: lot
- Old Frisian: hlot
  - North Frisian: lod
  - Saterland Frisian: Lot
  - West Frisian: lot
- Old Saxon: *hlot
  - Middle Low German: lot, lōt n
    - German Low German: Lott n
- Frankish: *hlot
  - Old Dutch: *hlot, lot
    - Middle Dutch: lot
      - Dutch: lot
        Negerhollands: loot, lot
        → Caribbean Javanese: lot
        → Indonesian: lot
        → Balinese: ᬮᭀᬢ᭄ (lot, “lottery”)
        → Papiamentu: lòt, lot
  - → Old French: lot, aloter
    - French: lot, allotir (from lot, not aloter), loterie
      - → Dutch: loterij
        → Caribbean Javanese: lotré
        → Indonesian: lotre
        → Russian: лотерея (lotereja)
    - Norman: lot (Guernésiais)
    - → English: allot (from aloter)
    - → Catalan: lot, loteria
    - → Galician: lote, lotaría
    - → Spanish: lotería
    - → Italian: lotto, lotteria
      - → Dutch: lotto
      - → English: lotto, lottery
      - → Swedish: lotto, lotteri
- Old High German: hluz, luz m (hapax)
  - Middle High German: luz m
    - ⇒ Middle High German: luzgut
Old Norse: hlutr (masculine i-stem), hluti (weak, as if from *hlutô)
- Icelandic: hlutur, hluti
- Faroese: lutur, luti
- Norwegian Bokmål: lott
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lott
- Old Swedish: luter, loter
  - Swedish: lott
- Old Danish: lot
  - Danish: lod
    - → Norwegian Bokmål: lodd
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: lodd
- Jamtish: lot
- Gutnish: lut
- Elfdalian: lott

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hluti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 233

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hluti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 233

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