Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laþō

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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 *h₂lot-eh₂, an isogloss that only appears to be found in Germanic and Hittite. Anatolian cognates include Luwian (ḫalta, to call), Hittite (halzai, to invoke, recite, call out), both from Proto-Anatolian *halt-. Not related to *hlōaną (to shout).

Pronunciation

Noun

*laþō f

  1. invitation

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *laþō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *laþō *laþôz
vocative *laþō *laþôz
accusative *laþǭ *laþōz
genitive *laþōz *laþǫ̂
dative *laþōi *laþōmaz
instrumental *laþō *laþōmiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “laþojan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 328
  2. ^ Puhvel, Jaan. "On the source of Hittite halzai-". Languages and Cultures, edited by Mohammad Ali Jazayery and Werner Winter, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter Mouton, 2010, pp. 525-528.
  3. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “laden”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891