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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/liuhsijaną

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 *leuhsą (light) + *-janą or *leuhsaz (bright) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliu̯x.si.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*liuhsijaną[1][2]

  1. to light, to shine

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *liuhsijan
    • Old English: līxan, līexan
  • Old Norse: lýsa

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*leuxsjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 242
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*leuhsa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334:*leuhsjan-
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