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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hleuþą
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxleu̯.θɑ̃/
Noun
*hleuþą n[1]
- listening, hearing
- sound
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *hleuþą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *hleuþą | *hleuþō | |
vocative | *hleuþą | *hleuþō | |
accusative | *hleuþą | *hleuþō | |
genitive | *hleuþas, *hliuþis | *hleuþǫ̂ | |
dative | *hliuþai | *hleuþamaz | |
instrumental | *hleuþō | *hleuþamiz |
Descendants
- Old English: hleoð
- Old Norse: hljóð
- Icelandic: hljóð n
- Faroese: ljóð n
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ljod m or n, (dialectal) ljø, ly
- Old Swedish: liuþ
- Swedish: ljud c
- Old Danish: liud
- Danish: lyd c
- Norwegian Bokmål: lyd m
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: lyd m
- Norwegian Bokmål: lyd m
- Danish: lyd c
- → Scots: luid
- Gothic: 𐌷𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸 (hliuþ)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hleuþa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 230