Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lahwaz

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 Pre-Germanic *logʷʰ-es-, perhaps ultimately from the root of *lagjaz (“leg”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.xʷɑz/

Noun

*lahwaz n^[1]

thigh

Alternative reconstructions

*lawaz^[1]

Inflection

z-stemDeclension of *lahwaz (z-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lahwaz	*lahwizō
vocative	*lahwaz	*lahwizō
accusative	*lahwaz	*lahwizō
genitive	*lahwiziz	*lahwizǫ̂
dative	*lahwizi	*lahwizumaz
instrumental	*lahwizē	*lahwizumiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *lahw
- Old English: lēow, læuw, lēw
Old West Norse: lær, *lāʀ — Old East Norse
- Old West Norse:
  - Icelandic: lær, læri
  - Faroese: lær
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: lær
- Old East Norse:
  - Elfdalian: lår
  - Old Swedish: lār
    - Swedish: lår
  - Old Danish: lar
    - Danish: lår
      - Norwegian Bokmål: lår
        → Norwegian Nynorsk: lår
  - Gutnish: lar
Old East Norse: *lāʀ

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*lawiz-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 329-30

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*lawiz-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 329-30

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