Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lawwō

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 *lowH-éh₂, from *lewH- (“to cut”) +‎ *-éh₂.[1] Direct cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *lā́ˀwāˀ (“bench, bed”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑw.wɔː/

Noun

*lawwō f[2][1]

  1. groove

Inflection

Declension of *lawwō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *lawwō *lawwôz
vocative *lawwō *lawwôz
accusative *lawwǭ *lawwōz
genitive *lawwōz *lawwǫ̂
dative *lawwōi *lawwōmaz
instrumental *lawwō *lawwōmiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *lauwu
    • Old English: *lǣw
      • ⇒ Old English: limlǣw (“limb injury”) (+ lim (“limb”))
    • Old High German: *lauwa
      • ⇒ Old High German: līhlaoa, līhla (“scar”) (+ līh (“body”), ō-stem)
      • ⇒ Old High German: lihloi, lihlauui, līhloi, lilewe, lilewi (“scar”) (+ līh (“body”), īn-stem)
      • ⇒? Old High German: hilouwa, hilouga (“scar”) (+ gi-)
  • Old Norse: lǫgg

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lawwō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 330
  2. ^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “lagg”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎[2] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 394: “*lawwō”
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