Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlaiwą

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 *ḱloy-wo-m, from *ḱley- (“to lean; slope”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxlɑi̯.wɑ̃/

Noun

*hlaiwą n[1][2]

hill, mound, barrow
burial mound, tomb, grave

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hlaiwą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hlaiwą	*hlaiwō
vocative	*hlaiwą	*hlaiwō
accusative	*hlaiwą	*hlaiwō
genitive	hlaiwas, hlaiwis	*hlaiwǫ̂
dative	*hlaiwai	*hlaiwamaz
instrumental	*hlaiwō	*hlaiwamiz

Derived terms

*hlaiwijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *hlaiw m
- Old English: hlǣw, hlāw
  - English: low, law
  - Scots: law
- Old Saxon: hlēo
- Old Dutch: *lēo (in placenames)
  - Middle Dutch: -lewe (in placenames), -leeuw (in placenames)
- Old High German: hlēo, lēo
Proto-Norse: ᚺᛚᚨᛁᚹᚨ (hlaiwa)
Gothic: 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅 (hlaiw)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hlaiwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 228: “n. ‘barrow, funeral mound’”
Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*xlaiwan ~ *xlaiwaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 174

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hlaiwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 228: “n. ‘barrow, funeral mound’”

[2] Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*xlaiwan ~ *xlaiwaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 174