Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lingwą
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps from Pre-Proto-Germanic *lengʷʰom, from Proto-Indo-European *lengʷʰ-. Compare Proto-Slavic *lǫgъ (“meadow”) from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lanˀgas. The original meaning may have been *“unused land”; Kroonen compares the semantic development of *haiþī (“heath”).[1] The same semantic pairing exists in modern Irish fraoch.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*lingwą n[1]
Inflection[edit]
neuter a-stemDeclension of *lingwą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *lingwą | *lingwō | |
vocative | *lingwą | *lingwō | |
accusative | *lingwą | *lingwō | |
genitive | *lingwas, *lingwis | *lingwǫ̂ | |
dative | *lingwai | *lingwamaz | |
instrumental | *lingwō | *lingwamiz |
Derived terms[edit]
- *lungwa-blautaz[1]
- Proto-Norse:
- Swedish: lung-blōt (“soaked”) (dialectal)
- Norwegian: lunge-blaut (“soaked”) (dialectal)
- Proto-Norse:
Descendants[edit]
- Old Norse: lyng