Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lewô

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 *léwh₁-on-, from *lewh₁- (“to cut off, loosen”). Particularly close cognate semantically with Sanskrit लवित्र (lavítra, “sickle”), and additionally related to Proto-Germanic *leusaną (“to lose”); see the latter for more cognates.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈle.wɔːː/

Noun

*lewô m^[1]

scythe

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *lewô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lewô	*lewaniz
vocative	*lewô	*lewaniz
accusative	*lewanų	*lewanunz
genitive	*liwiniz	*lewanǫ̂
dative	*liwini	*lewammaz
instrumental	*liwinē	*lewammiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *lewō
- Old Saxon: *lewo
  - Middle Low German: lē, lēhe
    - Northern Low Saxon: ley, Lee
Old Norse: lé
- Icelandic: ljár
- Faroese: líggi
- Norwegian: ljå
- Old Swedish: līe, lē
  - Swedish: lie, le
- Old Danish: lē
  - Danish: le, ljå
- Elfdalian: ljå
- Jamtish: ljá
- Gutnish: leie
- Scanian: lé, ljá

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*lēwan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 335: “*lewh₁-”

[Kroonen-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*lēwan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 335: “*lewh₁-”

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