Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlutą

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

From the root of *hleutaną (“to cast lots; to undergo, endure, be fated (to)”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *klewH-d-. Cognate with Latvian kļũtas (“fate”).

Noun

*hlutą n

1. lot, share
2. fate

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hlutą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hlutą	*hlutō
vocative	*hlutą	*hlutō
accusative	*hlutą	*hlutō
genitive	*hlutas, *hlutis	*hlutǫ̂
dative	*hlutai	*hlutamaz
instrumental	*hlutō	*hlutamiz

Synonyms

• *hlautaz
• *hlutiz

Derived terms

• *hlutōną

Related terms

• *hleutaną

Descendants

• Old English: hlot (hlyte m < *hlutiz)
  • Middle English: lot
    • Scots: lot
    • English: lot
• Old Frisian: hlot
  • North Frisian: lod
  • Saterland Frisian: Lot
  • West Frisian: lot
• Old Saxon: *hlot
  • Middle Low German: lot, lōt n
    • German Low German: Lott n
• Frankish: *hlot
  • Old Dutch: lot
    • Middle Dutch: lot
      • Dutch: lot
        • Negerhollands: loot, lot
        • → Caribbean Javanese: lot
        • → Indonesian: lot
          • → Balinese: ᬮᭀᬢ᭄ (lot, “lottery”)
        • → Papiamentu: lòt, lot
  • → Old French: lot, aloter
    • French: lot, allotir (from lot, not aloter), loterie
      • → Dutch: loterij
        • → Caribbean Javanese: lotré
        • → Indonesian: lotre
        • → Russian: лотерея (lotereja)
    • Norman: lot (Guernésiais)
    • → English: allot (from aloter)
    • → Catalan: lot, loteria
    • → Galician: lote, lotaría
    • → Spanish: lotería
    • → Italian: lotto, lotteria
      • → Dutch: lotto
      • → English: lotto, lottery
      • → Swedish: lotto, lotteri
• Old High German: hluz m (hapax)
  • Middle High German: luz m
• Old Norse: hlutr (masculine i-stem), hluti (weak, as if from *hlutô)
  • Icelandic: hlutur, hluti
  • Faroese: lutur, luti
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lott
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lott
  • Old Swedish: luter, loter
    • Swedish: lott
  • Old Danish: lot
    • Danish: lod
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: lodd
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: lodd
  • Jamtish: lot
  • Gutnish: lut
  • Elfdalian: lott