Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/luftuz

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

According to Kroonen, from Proto-Indo-European *lubʰ-tu-s, from *lewbʰ- (“to peel, break off, damage”) (whence also *laubą (“leaf”)); this may be linked to Russian луб (lub, “bast”), Old Prussian lubbo (“bast, plank”) and therefore have an original meaning of "roof (fashioned from peeled bark)".[1] The Indo-European root has been taken as an extension of a root *lew- (“to cut away, remove, prune”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluɸ.tuz/

Noun

*luftuz m

  1. roof
  2. roof of the earth, firmament; heavens, sky
  3. atmosphere
  4. air

Inflection

Declension of *luftuz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *luftuz *luftiwiz
vocative *luftu *luftiwiz
accusative *luftų *luftunz
genitive *luftauz *luftiwǫ̂
dative *luftiwi *luftumaz
instrumental *luftū *luftumiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*luftu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 342
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