Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Hlūdawīg

This Proto-West 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.

From *hlūd (“loud, famous”) +‎ *wīg (“fight, battle”).

*Hlūdawīg m

1. a male given name, meaning famous in battle

• Middle Dutch: Lodewijc
  • Dutch: Lodewijk
• Old High German: Lūdwīg, Hlūtwīg, Ludhuwīg, Hludwig, *Hlūtwīg
  • Middle High German: Ludewig
    • Rhine Franconian: Ludwich
    • German: Ludwig (see there for further descendants)
    • → Old Norse: Lúðvíg, Lóðvíg, Lóðvík
      • Icelandic: Lúðvíg, Lúðvík
      • Faroese: Ludvík
      • Norwegian: Ludvig, Ludvik
      • Old Danish: Ludvig
        • Danish: Ludwik, Ludvik, Ludwik, Ludvig (see there for further descendants)
      • Old Swedish: Lodwig, Lodwik
        • Swedish: Ludvig, Ludvik
      • → Finnish: Ludvig, Ludvik
• → Latin: Clodovicus, Chlodovechus, Lodhuuic, Hlodowicus, Hluduicus, Ludovicus (see there for further descendants)
  • → French: Clovis
    • → English: Clovis
  • → Norman: Clovis
• → Old French: Chlodowig, Lodhwig, Lodhuuig, Lodhuwig, Lodhuvigs, Looïs, Luis
  • Anglo-Norman:
    • → Middle English: Lewis, Lowis
      • English: Lewis
  • Middle French: Loïc, Loïs
    • French: Louis (see there for further descendants)
    • → Breton: Loïc
  • Norman: Louis
  • → Catalan: Lluís
  • → Cimbrian: Luis
  • → English: Louis (see there for further descendants)
  • → Galician: Lois
  • → German: Luis
  • → Italian: Luigi (see there for further descendants)
  • → Occitan: Loís
  • → Old Occitan: Aloys
    • → Latin: Aloysius
      • → Alemannic German: Alewiss
      • → Czech: Alois
      • → English: Aloysius
      • → German: Alois
      • → Hungarian: Alajos
      • → Irish: Alaois
      • → Italian: Aloisio
      • → Polish: Alojzy
      • → Portuguese: Aloísio
      • → Serbo-Croatian:

        Latin script: Alojz, Alojzije

      • → Slovak: Alojz
      • → Slovene: Alojz, Alojzij
      • → Venetian: Alvise
  • → Portuguese: Luís (see there for further descendants)
  • → Spanish: Luis (see there for further descendants)