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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *leyh₂- (“to die, disapear”).
Pronunciation
Noun
*laiwą n
- damage
Inflection
Declension of *laiwą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*laiwą
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*laiwō
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| vocative
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*laiwą
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*laiwō
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| accusative
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*laiwą
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*laiwō
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| genitive
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*laiwas, *laiwis
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*laiwǫ̂
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| dative
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*laiwai
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*laiwamaz
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| instrumental
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*laiwō
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*laiwamiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *laiw
- Old English: *lǣw
- ⇒ Old English: *bedlǣwere
- Middle English: bedlawere, bedlaure
- ⇒ Old English: limlǣw
- ⇒ Old English: synlǣw
- Old Saxon: lēs (interjection)
- Old High German: lēwes, lē
- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *laiwī
- Old English: *lǣwe
- Middle English: lew, lewe (“weak, frail”)
- Old Norse: læ