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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hlūt(t)r
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hlūtraz.
Adjective
*hlūt(t)r[1]
- clean, clear, pure
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *hlūt(t)r | *hlūt(t)ru | *hlūt(t)r |
| Accusative | *hlūt(t)ranā | *hlūt(t)rā | *hlūt(t)r |
| Genitive | *hlūt(t)ras | *hlūt(t)reʀā | *hlūt(t)ras |
| Dative | *hlūt(t)rumē | *hlūt(t)reʀē | *hlūt(t)rumē |
| Instrumental | *hlūt(t)ru | *hlūt(t)reʀu | *hlūt(t)ru |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *hlūt(t)rē | *hlūt(t)rō | *hlūt(t)ru |
| Accusative | *hlūt(t)rā | *hlūt(t)rā | *hlūt(t)ru |
| Genitive | *hlūt(t)reʀō | *hlūt(t)reʀō | *hlūt(t)reʀō |
| Dative | *hlūt(t)rēm, *hlūt(t)rum | *hlūt(t)rēm, *hlūt(t)rum | *hlūt(t)rēm, *hlūt(t)rum |
| Instrumental | *hlūt(t)rēm, *hlūt(t)rum | *hlūt(t)rēm, *hlūt(t)rum | *hlūt(t)rēm, *hlūt(t)rum |
Descendants
- Old English: hlūtor
- Old Dutch: luttira (plural)
- Middle Dutch: luter (Middle and Modern Dutch louter is via High German)
- Dutch: luyter (early modern)
- Middle Dutch: luter (Middle and Modern Dutch louter is via High German)
- Old English: hlutor
- Old Frisian: hlutter
- Old Saxon: hluttar
- Old High German: hlūtar
- Middle High German: lūter
- German: lauter
- → Dutch: louter
- Middle High German: lūter
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 54: “PWGmc *hlūtr, *hlūttra-”