Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlaiwą

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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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱloy-wo-m, from *ḱley- (“to lean; slope”).

Pronunciation

Noun

*hlaiwą n[1][2]

  1. hill, mound, barrow
  2. burial mound, tomb, grave

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hlaiwą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hlaiwą *hlaiwō
vocative *hlaiwą *hlaiwō
accusative *hlaiwą *hlaiwō
genitive *hlaiwas, *hlaiwis *hlaiwǫ̂
dative *hlaiwai *hlaiwamaz
instrumental *hlaiwō *hlaiwamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hlaiwa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 228: “n. ‘barrow, funeral mound’”
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xlaiwan ~ *xlaiwaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 174
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