Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lawwą

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

Alternative forms

*lawą

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to separate, split, detach, shed”).

Noun

*lawwą n

loosened material
treebark; tan

Inflection

Declension of *lawwą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lawwą	*lawwō
vocative	*lawwą	*lawwō
accusative	*lawwą	*lawwō
genitive	lawwas, lawwis	*lawwǫ̂
dative	*lawwai	*lawwamaz
instrumental	*lawwō	*lawwamiz

Related terms

*laubą

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *lauw
- Old Saxon: *lō
  - Middle Low German: lô, loh, loy, lôe, loye n
    - German Low German: Loh f (either borrowed from German or gender switched to conform to German Lohe)
    - ⇒ Middle Low German: lôgen, loien (verb)
      - German Low German: lojen
        → Saterland Frisian: looije
      - →⇒ Saterland Frisian: Loge
- Old Dutch: *lō
  - Middle Dutch: lo, loo n
    - ⇒ Middle Dutch: loën, louwen, lôyen, looyen, loeyen (verb)
      - Dutch: looien
        Afrikaans: looi
        
        → West Frisian: loaie
      - ⇒ Dutch: louwe, loye, looi
- Old High German: lō
  - Middle High German: lō
    - German: Loh n
    - ⇒ Middle High German: lōwen (verb)
      - German: lohen (archaic)
        ⇒ German: Lohe f