Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hleuzą

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 *ḱlews- (“side of the head, temple, ear”), from *ḱlew- (“to hear; fame, renown, glory”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxleu̯.zɑ̃/

Noun

*hleuzą n

ear
temple (of the forehead)
side of the head or face; profile; cheek

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hleuzą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hleuzą	*hleuzō
vocative	*hleuzą	*hleuzō
accusative	*hleuzą	*hleuzō
genitive	hleuzas, hliuzis	*hleuzǫ̂
dative	*hliuzai	*hleuzamaz
instrumental	*hleuzō	*hleuzamiz

Related terms

*hlustiz
*hlusjaną
*hluzą

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *hleuʀ
- Old English: hlēor
  - Middle English: leor, ler, lere
    - Scots: lere
    - English: leer
- Old Saxon: hlior, hleor
  - Middle Low German: lêr
- Old Dutch: *hleura (attested in thunnichleura), *hlior, *lior
  - Middle Dutch: liere, lier
    - Dutch: lier
Old Norse: hlýr
- Icelandic: hlýr
- Swedish: lyra
- → Middle English: lire, lyre
  - Scots: lire, lyre

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