Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laþō

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 *h₂lot-eh₂, an isogloss that only appears to be found in Germanic and Hittite. Anatolian cognates include Luwian [script needed] (ḫalta, “to call”), Hittite [script needed] (halzai, “to invoke, recite, call out”), both from Proto-Anatolian *halt-.[1][2] Not related to *hlōaną (“to shout”).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑ.θɔː/

Noun

*laþō f

  1. invitation

Inflection

Declension of *laþō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *laþō *laþôz
vocative *laþō *laþôz
accusative *laþǭ *laþōz
genitive *laþōz *laþǫ̂
dative *laþōi *laþōmaz
instrumental *laþō *laþōmiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *laþu
    • Old English: *laþu
    • Old High German: *lada
      • ⇒ Old High German: ladalīh
      • ⇒ Old High German: inladalīh
  • Proto-Norse: ᛚᚨᚦᚢ (laþu)
    • Old Norse: lǫð
      • Icelandic: löð
  • Gothic: *𐌻𐌰𐌸𐌰 (*laþa) (sometimes supposed to have existed based on 𐌻𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉 (laþaleikō))

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*laþojan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 328
  2. ^ Puhvel, Jaan. "On the source of Hittite halzai-". Languages and Cultures, edited by Mohammad Ali Jazayery and Werner Winter, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter Mouton, 2010, pp. 525-528.
  3. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “laden”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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