Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/laud

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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Gaulish *loudon, from Proto-Celtic *ɸloudom (“lead”). Related to *blīwī (“lead”), via a different borrowing route.^[1]

Noun

*laud n

lead (metal)
Synonym: *blīwī

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*laud
Genitive	*laudas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*laud	*laudu
Accusative	*laud	*laudu
Genitive	*laudas	*laudō
Dative	*laudē	*laudum
Instrumental	*laudu	*laudum

Derived terms

*laudijan

Descendants

Old English: lēad
- Middle English: led, lead, lede, leed, leod, leyd, leyt, læd (Early Middle English)
  - English: lead
  - Scots: leid, lede
  - Yola: leed
Old Frisian: lād
- North Frisian: lud, luad
- Saterland Frisian: Lood
- West Frisian: lead
Old Saxon: lōd
- Middle Low German: lôt
  - Low German: Lood
  - → Danish: lod
  - → Norwegian: lodd
Old Dutch: *lōt
- Middle Dutch: lôot
  - Dutch: lood
Old High German: *lōt
- Middle High German: lōt
  - German: Lot
    - → Polish: lut
  - → Polish: łut

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*lauda-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 328

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*lauda-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 328

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