Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lewô

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 *lewH- (“to cut off”). Cognate with Sanskrit लवित्र (lavitra, “sickle”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈle.wɔːː/

Noun

*lewô m[1]

scythe

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *lewô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lewô	*lewaniz
vocative	*lewô	*lewaniz
accusative	*lewanų	*lewanunz
genitive	*liwiniz	*lewanǫ̂
dative	*liwini	*lewammaz
instrumental	*liwinē	*lewammiz

Related terms

*lawwō
*lewō

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *lewō
- Old Saxon: *lewo
  - Middle Low German: lē, lēhe
    - Northern Low Saxon: ley, Lee
Old Norse: lé
- Icelandic: ljár
- Faroese: líggi
- Norwegian: ljå
- Old Swedish: līe, lē
  - Swedish: lie, le
- Old Danish: lē
  - Danish: le, ljå
- Westrobothnian: lî
- Elfdalian: ljå
- Jamtish: ljá
- Gutnish: leie
- Scanian: lé, ljá

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*lēwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 335: “*lewh₁-”

[Kroonen-1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*lēwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 335: “*lewh₁-”