Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/luhsaz

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- (“to be bright, be light, shine”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlux.sɑz/

Noun

*luhsaz m

lynx

Inflection

Declension of *luhsaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*luhsaz	luhsōz, luhsōs
vocative	*luhs	luhsōz, luhsōs
accusative	*luhsą	*luhsanz
genitive	luhsas, luhsis	*luhsǫ̂
dative	*luhsai	*luhsamaz
instrumental	*luhsō	*luhsamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *luhs
- Old English: lox
  - Middle English: lusk (found in luskwerk)
    - Scots: los (possibly through Middle Dutch or Middle Low German)
    - English: los, loz
- Old Frisian: *luks, *loks
  - Saterland Frisian: Luks
- Old Saxon: lohs, los
  - Middle Low German: *luhs, lūs, los
    - → Danish: los
- Old Dutch: *lohs, *los
  - Middle Dutch: los
    - Dutch: los
      - → English: losse (dated)
- Old High German: luhs
  - Middle High German: luhs
    - German: Luchs
      - → Low German: Luks
      - → Luxembourgish: Luchs
      - ⇒ German: abluchsen (partly)
    - Luxembourgish: Luuss (dated)
- Lombardic: luchs
Old Norse: *lóa (from *luhǭ, possibly by analogy with *fuhǭ)
- Old Swedish: lō
  - Swedish: lo