Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/leuþ

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 *leuþą.

Noun

*leuþ n[1]

song

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*leuþ
Genitive	*leuþas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*leuþ	*leuþu
Accusative	*leuþ	*leuþu
Genitive	*leuþas	*leuþō
Dative	*leuþē	*leuþum
Instrumental	*leuþu	*leuþum

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

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 174: “PWGmc *leuþ”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 174: “PWGmc *leuþ”