Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lawwō

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 *lowH-éh₂, from *lewH- (“to cut”) +‎ *-éh₂.^[1] Direct cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *lā́ˀwāˀ (“bench, bed”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑw.wɔː/

Noun

*lawwō f^[2]^[1]

groove

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *lawwō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lawwō	*lawwôz
vocative	*lawwō	*lawwôz
accusative	*lawwǭ	*lawwōz
genitive	*lawwōz	*lawwǫ̂
dative	*lawwōi	*lawwōmaz
instrumental	*lawwō	*lawwōmiz

Related terms

*lewô

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *lauwu
- Old English: *lǣw
  - ⇒ Old English: limlǣw (“limb injury”) (+ lim (“limb”))
- Old High German: *lauwa
  - ⇒ Old High German: līhlaoa, līhla (“scar”) (+ līh (“body”), ō-stem)
  - ⇒ Old High German: lihloi, lihlauui, līhloi, lilewe, lilewi (“scar”) (+ līh (“body”), īn-stem)
  - ⇒? Old High German: hilouwa, hilouga (“scar”) (+ gi-)
Old Norse: lǫgg
- Danish: lugge
- Faroese: løgg
- Icelandic: lögg
- Norwegian Bokmål: logg m, lagg m
- Swedish: lagg

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*lawwō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 330
^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “lagg”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎ (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 394: “*lawwō”

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*lawwō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 330

[2] Hellquist, Elof (1922) “lagg”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎ (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 394: “*lawwō”

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