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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hleumundaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Likely originally neuter, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléwmn̥tom[1], extension and thematicization of *ḱléwmn̥, from *ḱlew- (“to hear”). Cognate to Sanskrit श्रोमत (śromata, “fame”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxleu̯.mun.dɑz/
Noun
*hleumundaz m
- reputation, fame
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *hleumundaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *hleumundaz | *hleumundōz, *hleumundōs | |
vocative | *hleumund | *hleumundōz, *hleumundōs | |
accusative | *hleumundą | *hleumundanz | |
genitive | *hleumundas, *hleumundis | *hleumundǫ̂ | |
dative | *hleumundai | *hleumundamaz | |
instrumental | *hleumundō | *hleumundamiz |
Related terms
- *hleumô
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *hleumund
- Old Saxon: *hliumand
- Middle Low German: lǖmunt, lîmunt
- ⇒ Old Saxon: *hliumandig
- ⇒ Old Saxon: mishliumandig
- Old Dutch: *liumund
- Middle Dutch: lumont
- Old High German: hliumunt, liumunt
- Middle High German: liumunt
- German: Leumund
- Middle High German: liumunt
- Old Saxon: *hliumand
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hleuman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 230: “*ḱleu-mn-to-”