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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlaiwą

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-m, from *ḱley- (“to lean; slope”).

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

Noun

*hlaiwą n[1][2]

  1. hill, mound, barrow
  2. burial mound, tomb, grave

Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *hlaiwą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hlaiwą *hlaiwō
vocative *hlaiwą *hlaiwō
accusative *hlaiwą *hlaiwō
genitive *hlaiwas, *hlaiwis *hlaiwǫ̂
dative *hlaiwai *hlaiwamaz
instrumental *hlaiwō *hlaiwamiz

Derived terms
  • *hlaiwijaną

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *hlaiw m, *hleu
    • Old English: hlēow, hlēo
    • Old Frisian: hlī
    • Old Saxon: hlēo
    • Old High German: hlēo, lēo
    • → Proto-Slavic: *xlěvъ (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Norse: ᚺᛚᚨᛁᚹᚨ (hlaiwa)
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅 (hlaiw)
  • → Proto-Slavic: *xlě̃vъ (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hlaiwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 228: “n. ‘barrow, funeral mound’”
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xlaiwan ~ *xlaiwaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 174
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