Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lahwaz

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Pre-Germanic *logʷʰ-es-, perhaps ultimately from the root of *lagjaz (leg).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*lahwaz n[1]

  1. thigh

Alternative reconstructions[edit]

Inflection[edit]

z-stemDeclension of *lahwaz (z-stem)
singular plural
nominative *lahwaz *lahwizō
vocative *lahwaz *lahwizō
accusative *lahwaz *lahwizō
genitive *lahwiziz *lahwizǫ̂
dative *lahwizi *lahwizumaz
instrumental *lahwizē *lahwizumiz

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-West Germanic: *lahw
  • Old West Norse: lær, *lāʀ
  • Old East Norse: *lāʀ

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lawiz-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 329-30