Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlēwaz

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.

• *hlēwijaz

From the same root of the synonym *hliwjaz as well as possibly *hlewą (“shelter”) (but see Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw for an alternative), further uncertain:

• from Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh₁-wós, from the root *ḱelh₁- ~ *ḱleh₁- (“warm, hot”). Cognate with Lithuanian šiltas (“warm”), Latin calor (“warmth, heat”), Welsh clyd (“warm, cozy”).
• a vṛddhi derivative of *hlew- (“(to) clean, bathe?”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH- (“to clean”), whence also *hlūtraz. However, even allowing for the semantic gap, the unextended root is not found in Germanic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxlɛː.wɑz/

*hlēwaz

1. lukewarm

• *hliwjaz
• ^? *hlewą

• Proto-West Germanic: *hlāu
  • Old English: hlēow
    • Middle English: lew, lewe
      • Scots: lew
      • English: lew
  • Old Frisian: *hliāw, *liāw
    • Saterland Frisian: ljou
    • West Frisian: lij
  • Old Saxon: *hlāo
    • Middle Low German: lau, lauw
      • German Low German: lau
  • Old Dutch: *lāo
    • Middle Dutch: lâeu, lau
      • Dutch: lauw
        • Afrikaans: lou
  • Old High German: lāo, *hlāo
    • Middle High German: lā (lāw-)
      • Alemannic German: leew
      • German: lau
  • → Old French: , flou
    • Middle French: flou
      • French: flou
    • → Middle Dutch: vlau
      • Dutch: flauw
      • → German: flau
      • → Danish: flov
• >? Old Norse: hlær (or from *hlējaz)
  • Icelandic: hlær
  • Norwegian: læ
  • Danish: læ
• → Proto-Finnic: *leevä (see there for further descendants)
• →? Proto-Finnic: *lauha (see there for further descendants)