Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/leuhsą

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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 *lewk-so-m, ultimately from the root *lewk- (to shine).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*leuhsą n

  1. (North Germanic) light
    Synonym: *leuhtą (Western)

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *leuhsą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *leuhsą *leuhsō
vocative *leuhsą *leuhsō
accusative *leuhsą *leuhsō
genitive *leuhsas, *liuhsis *leuhsǫ̂
dative *leuhsai *leuhsamaz
instrumental *leuhsō *leuhsamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*leuhsa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334:*leuhsa-