Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/leuþą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *lēwt-, *lēwdʰ- (“song, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēw- (“to sound, resound, sing out”). Cognate with Irish laoidh (“song, poem”), Latin laus (“thanksgiving, praise”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈleu̯.θɑ̃/

Noun

*leuþą n

song, lay, song of praise

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *leuþą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*leuþą	*leuþō
vocative	*leuþą	*leuþō
accusative	*leuþą	*leuþō
genitive	leuþas, liuþis	*leuþǫ̂
dative	*liuþai	*leuþamaz
instrumental	*leuþō	*leuþamiz

Derived terms

*leuþōną

Descendants

Old English: lēoþ
- Middle English: leoþ, leod, lede
  - Scots: leed, lede
  - English: leed (dialectal); lidden (?)
Old Frisian: *liāth
- Saterland Frisian: Läid
- West Frisian: liet
Old Saxon: lioth
- Middle Low German: *lēt, *liet
  - German Low German: Leed, Lied
Old Dutch: *lioth
- Middle Dutch: liet, lijt
  - Dutch: lied
Old High German: liod
- Middle High German: liet
  - German: Lied
    - → English: lied
    - → French: lied
  - Hunsrik: Lied
  - Luxembourgish: Lidd
Old Norse: ljóð
- Icelandic: ljóð
- Faroese: ljóð
Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸 (liuþ)