Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hūsalauk

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *hūs (“house”) +‎ *lauk (“leek”).

Noun

*hūsalauk m

houseleek
Synonym: *singrōnijā

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hūsalauk
Genitive	*hūsalaukas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hūsalauk	hūsalaukō, hūsalaukōs
Accusative	*hūsalauk	*hūsalaukā
Genitive	*hūsalaukas	*hūsalaukō
Dative	*hūsalaukē	*hūsalaukum
Instrumental	*hūsalauku	*hūsalaukum

Descendants

Old English: *hūslēac
- Middle English: houslek, houseleke, howsleek, howsleke, husseleck
  - English: houseleek
Old Frisian: *hūslāk
- Saterland Frisian: Húuslook (“chive”)
- West Frisian: húslok, húslak, húslek, húskelak
Old Saxon: *hūslōk
- Middle Low German: hûslôk, hûsloeck
  - German Low German:
    Altmärkisch: Huslook
    
    Westphalian: Huusloog
  - → Old Norse: húslaukr (calque)^[1]
    - Swedish: huslök
    - Danish: husløg
Old Dutch: *hūslōk
- Middle Dutch: hûslôk
  - Dutch: huislook
Old High German: hūslouh
- Middle High German: hūseslouch
  - German: Hauslauch

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xūsa-laukaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 196

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xūsa-laukaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 196

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