Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/leuhsą

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 *lewk-so-m, ultimately from the root *lewk- (“to shine”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleu̯x.sɑ̃/

Noun

*leuhsą n

  1. (North Germanic) light
    Synonym: *leuhtą (Western)

Inflection

Declension of *leuhsą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *leuhsą *leuhsō
vocative *leuhsą *leuhsō
accusative *leuhsą *leuhsō
genitive *leuhsas, *liuhsis *leuhsǫ̂
dative *leuhsai *leuhsamaz
instrumental *leuhsō *leuhsamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Norse: ljós
    • Icelandic: ljós
    • Faroese: ljós
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: ljos; (dialectal) ljøs, ljus, ljys, løs
    • Jamtish: ljǿs
    • Elfdalian: liuos
    • Old Swedish: liūs
    • Old Danish: liūs
      • Danish: lys
        • Norwegian Bokmål: lys
          • → Norwegian Nynorsk: lys
    • Scanian: lýs
    • Gutnish: ljaus

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*leuhsa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334: “*leuhsa-”
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