Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lausungu

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 Proto-Germanic *lausungō, equivalent to *lausōn +‎ *-ungu.

Noun

*lausungu f

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lausungu
Genitive	*lausungā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lausungu	*lausungō
Accusative	*lausungā	*lausungā
Genitive	*lausungā	*lausungō
Dative	*lausungē	lausungōm, lausungum
Instrumental	*lausungu	lausungōm, lausungum

Related terms

*lausahaidu

Descendants

Old English: lēasung
- Middle English: lesinge, lesing
  - English: leasing
  - Scots: lesing, leising
Old Saxon: lōsunga
- Middle Low German: lôsinge, lö̂singe
  - German Low German: Lösung
    - → Saterland Frisian: Lözenge
Old Dutch: lōsunga, lōsinga, lōsonga
- Middle Dutch: lôsinge, leusinge, lossinge
  - Dutch: lozing
    - → West Frisian: loazing
Old High German: lōsunga
- Middle High German: lōsunge, lœsunge
  - German: Lösung
→ Old French: losenge, losange, lozenge, lozange, lousenge, loseinge, losainge
- Middle French: losenge, losange
  - >? French: losange (possibly)
- → Italian: lusinga (alternatively from Old Occitan)
→ Old Occitan: lausenga, lauzenga, lauzenja
- → Old Spanish: losenja
  - Spanish: lisonja
    - → Portuguese: lisonja