Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laþō

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 *h₂lot-eh₂, an isogloss that only appears to be found in Germanic and Hittite. Anatolian cognates include Luwian [script needed] (ḫalta, “to call”), Hittite [script needed] (halzai, “to invoke, recite, call out”), both from Proto-Anatolian *halt-.[1][2] Not related to *hlōaną (“to shout”).[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.θɔː/

Noun

*laþō f

invitation

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *laþō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*laþō	*laþôz
vocative	*laþō	*laþôz
accusative	*laþǭ	*laþōz
genitive	*laþōz	*laþǫ̂
dative	*laþōi	*laþōmaz
instrumental	*laþō	*laþōmiz

Derived terms

*laþōną

Descendants

Old English: laþu (in compounds: frēondlaþu, nēodlaþu, wordlaþu, etc.)
Proto-Norse: ᛚᚨᚦᚢ (laþu)
- Old Norse: lǫð
  - Icelandic: löð
Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌸𐌰 (laþa)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “laþojan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 328
Puhvel, Jaan. "On the source of Hittite halzai-". Languages and Cultures, edited by Mohammad Ali Jazayery and Werner Winter, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter Mouton, 2010, pp. 525-528.
Friedrich Kluge (1883), “laden”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “laþojan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 328

[2] Puhvel, Jaan. "On the source of Hittite halzai-". Languages and Cultures, edited by Mohammad Ali Jazayery and Werner Winter, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter Mouton, 2010, pp. 525-528.

[3] Friedrich Kluge (1883), “laden”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891