Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lusą

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

A nominal formation from *leusaną (“to lose”).^[1]

Noun

*lusą n

loss

Inflection

Declension of *lusą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lusą	*lusō
vocative	*lusą	*lusō
accusative	*lusą	*lusō
genitive	lusas, lusis	*lusǫ̂
dative	*lusai	*lusamaz
instrumental	*lusō	*lusamiz

Related terms

*lausaz
*leusaną
*lusnaną
*lusnōną
*lusōną
*lustiz (“ruin”)
*luzaz
*luziz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *los
- Old English: los
  - Middle English: los, lose, losse
    - English: loss
    - Scots: los, lose, lois
    - Yola: lass
  - ⇒ Old English: losian
    - Middle English: losien, losen
      - English: lose
      - Scots: los, lois, lose
Old Norse: los
- Icelandic: los
⇒ Old Norse: losna (< Proto-Germanic *lusnōną)
- Icelandic: losna
- Faroese: losna
- Norwegian: losna, løsne
- Danish: løsne
- Swedish: lossna

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lusan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 251

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lusan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 251

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