< Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/luhsaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to be bright, be light, shine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlux.sɑz/
Noun
*luhsaz m
- lynx
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *luhsaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *luhsaz | *luhsōz, *luhsōs | |
vocative | *luhs | *luhsōz, *luhsōs | |
accusative | *luhsą | *luhsanz | |
genitive | *luhsas, *luhsis | *luhsǫ̂ | |
dative | *luhsai | *luhsamaz | |
instrumental | *luhsō | *luhsamiz |
Descendants
- Old English: lox
- Middle English: lusk (found in luskwerk)
- Scots: los (possibly through Middle Dutch or Middle Low German)
- English: losse, los, loz (possibly through Middle Dutch or Middle Low German)
- Middle English: lusk (found in luskwerk)
- Old Frisian: *luks, *loks
- Saterland Frisian: Luks
- Old Saxon: lohs, los
- Middle Low German: *luhs, lūs, los
- Low German: Luks
- Middle Low German: *luhs, lūs, los
- Old Dutch: *lohs, *los
- Middle Dutch: los
- Dutch: los
- Middle Dutch: los
- Old High German: luhs
- Middle High German: luhs
- German: Luchs
- ⇒ German: abluchsen
- Luxembourgish: Luuss
- German: Luchs
- Middle High German: luhs
- Old Norse: *lóa (from *luhǭ, possibly by analogy with *fuhǭ)
- Danish: los
- Swedish: lō
- Swedish: lo