Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lauh

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lauhaz.

Noun

*lauh m

clearing
meadow

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lauh
Genitive	*lauhas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lauh	lauhō, lauhōs
Accusative	*lauh	*lauhā
Genitive	*lauhas	*lauhō
Dative	*lauhē	*lauhum
Instrumental	*lauhu	*lauhum

Descendants

Old English: lēah
- English: lea
Old Frisian: lāch
Old Saxon: lōh
- Middle Low German: lōch, lō
Old Dutch: *lōh, *lō
- Middle Dutch: lô
  - Dutch: lo, loo (obsolete outside place names)
Old High German: lōh
- Middle High German: lōh, lōch, lō
  - German: Loh, Lah, Lage (mostly in place names)