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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlaiwaz

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 *ḱloy-wo-s, from *ḱley- (“shelter, cover”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxlɑi̯.wɑz/

Noun

*hlaiwaz m

  1. shelter

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *hlaiwaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hlaiwaz *hlaiwōz, *hlaiwōs
vocative *hlaiw *hlaiwōz, *hlaiwōs
accusative *hlaiwą *hlaiwanz
genitive *hlaiwas, *hlaiwis *hlaiwǫ̂
dative *hlaiwai *hlaiwamaz
instrumental *hlaiwō *hlaiwamiz

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants
  • Old English: hlēow, hlēo
  • Old Frisian: hlī
  • Old Saxon: hlēo
  • Old High German: hlēo, lēo
  • → Proto-Slavic: *xlěvъ (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*xliwan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 177
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hlewa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 231
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