Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/laubijā

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 *laub (“leaf”) +‎ *-jā.

Noun

*laubijā f

1. shelter
2. arbour

Declension

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*laubijā
Genitive	*laubijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*laubijā	*laubijōn
Accusative	*laubijōn	*laubijōn
Genitive	*laubijōn	*laubijōnō
Dative	*laubijōn	*laubijōm, *laubijum
Instrumental	*laubijōn	*laubijōm, *laubijum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: lōvia
  • Middle Low German: lôve
    • German Low German: Lööv
• Old Dutch: *louva, *lōva
  • Middle Dutch: lôve
    • Dutch: loove, loofe (Flemish)
• Old High German: louba
  • Middle High German: loube, löube
    • Alemannic German: Laube
    • Central Franconian: Lööv, Läuv
    • German: Laube
      • → German Low German: Laube, Laub
• Suevic:
  • → Medieval Latin: lovio
    • Galician: lobio
• → Medieval Latin: laubia, lōbia, lōbium, laupia, lōvia, lōgia (see there for further descendants)