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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laiwaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
According to Kuiper, from a European substratum (substrate) word, possibly a Celto-Germanic root shared with Gaulish *alauda (“skylark”); compare Latin alauda (“lark”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑi̯.wɑz/
Noun
*laiwaz n[1]
- lark
Inflection
| z-stemDeclension of *laiwaz (z-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *laiwaz | *laiwizō | |
| vocative | *laiwaz | *laiwizō | |
| accusative | *laiwaz | *laiwizō | |
| genitive | *laiwiziz | *laiwizǫ̂ | |
| dative | *laiwizi | *laiwizumaz | |
| instrumental | *laiwizē | *laiwizumiz | |
Derived terms
- *laiwarikǭ
Descendants
- → Proto-Finnic: *leivo (see there for further descendants)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*laiwarikōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 325: “*laiwaz”