Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laubą

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

Differing explanations:

From Proto-Indo-European *lowbʰ-o-m, from *lewbʰ- (“to break, flake or peel off, shed; rind, leaf”); see also *luftuz (“roof, sky”).^[1]
From pre-Germanic *lowpóm, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to bend, peel, tear, damage”).^[2]

The connection, if any, between these two roots is unknown.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑu̯.βɑ̃/

Noun

*laubą n^[1]

leaf

Inflection

Declension of *laubą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*laubą	*laubō
vocative	*laubą	*laubō
accusative	*laubą	*laubō
genitive	laubas, laubis	*laubǫ̂
dative	*laubai	*laubamaz
instrumental	*laubō	*laubamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *laub
- Old English: lēaf
  - Middle English: leef, lefe, leve, lewe
    - English: leaf
      - Tok Pisin: lip
    - Scots: leaf, lefe, leif
    - Yola: laafe
- Old Frisian: lāf
  - North Frisian: lof, luf
  - Saterland Frisian: Loof, Loouw, Looch
  - West Frisian: leaf
- Old Saxon: lōf
  - Middle Low German: lôf
    - German Low German: Loov
    - Westphalian:
      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Läuf
      Westmünsterländisch: Loof
    - Plautdietsch: Loof
- Old Dutch: lōf
  - Middle Dutch: lôof
    - Dutch: loof
      - Afrikaans: lof
    - Limburgish: louf
- Old High German: loup, loub
  - Middle High German: loup
    - Alemannic German: Làuib (Alsatian)
    - Bavarian:
      Cimbrian: loap
      Mòcheno: lap
    - Hunsrik: Laab
    - German: Laub
    - Luxembourgish: Laf
    - Rhine Franconian: Laab
      Frankfurterisch: Laab
    - Vilamovian: łojp
Old Norse: lauf
- Icelandic: lauf
- Faroese: leyv
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lauv
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: lauv
- Elfdalian: lov
- Old Swedish: lø̄f
  - Swedish: löv
- Danish: løv
  - Norwegian Bokmål: løv
- Gutnish: lau, laug, lavv
Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃 m (laufs)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lauƀan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 237
^ The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, Third Edition

[HGE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lauƀan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 237

[2] The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, Third Edition

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