Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hūsalauk

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 *hūs (“house”) +‎ *lauk (“leek”).

Noun

*hūsalauk m

1. houseleek

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hūsalauk
Genitive	*hūsalaukas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hūsalauk	*hūsalaukō, *hūsalaukōs
Accusative	*hūsalauk	*hūsalaukā
Genitive	*hūsalaukas	*hūsalaukō
Dative	*hūsalaukē	*hūsalaukum
Instrumental	*hūsalauku	*hūsalaukum

Descendants

• Old English: *hūslēac
  • Middle English: houslek, houseleke, howsleek, howsleke, husseleck
    • English: houseleek
• Old Frisian: *hūslāk
  • West Frisian: húslok, húslak, húslek, húskelak
• Old Saxon: *hūslōk
  • Middle Low German: hûslôk, hûsloeck
    • German Low German:

      Altmärkisch: Huslook

      Westphalian: Huusloog

    • → Old Norse: húslaukr (calque)
      • Swedish: huslök
      • Danish: husløg
• Old Dutch: *hūslōk
  • Middle Dutch: hûslôk
    • Dutch: huislook
• Old High German: hūslouh
  • Middle High German: hūseslouch
    • German: Hauslauch