Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lōfô

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lāp-, *lēp-, *lep- (“to be flat”). Cognate with Lithuanian lopa (“paw, claw”), Proto-Slavic *lapa, dialectal Armenian լափ (lapʻ), լուփ (lupʻ, “palm, flat of the hand”).

Pronunciation

Noun

*lōfô m

  1. (anatomy) the palm or hollow of the hand

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *lōfô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *lōfô *lōfaniz
vocative *lōfô *lōfaniz
accusative *lōfanų *lōfanunz
genitive *lōfiniz *lōfanǫ̂
dative *lōfini *lōfammaz
instrumental *lōfinē *lōfammiz

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