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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lēwō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin leō (“lion”). Parallel borrowing with Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 (laiwa, “lion”).

Noun

*lēwō m

  1. lion

Inflection
Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *lēwō
Genitive *lēwini, *lēwan
Singular Plural
Nominative *lēwō *lēwan
Accusative *lēwan *lēwan
Genitive *lēwini, *lēwan *lēwanō
Dative *lēwini, *lēwan *lēwum
Instrumental *lēwini, *lēwan *lēwum

Alternative reconstructions
  • *lewō

Descendants
  • Old Frisian: *lēwa, *lēu, *lāwa, *lāu
  • Old Saxon: *lewo, *lēwo, *lēo, *lāwo, *lāo
    • Middle Low German: löuwe, lowe, lou, löe, louwe, lauwe, lewe, leuwe
      • German Low German:
        Low Prussian: Lau
        Plautdietsch: Leiw
        Westphalian:
        Sauerländisch: Loiwe, Loibe (Brilon), Löwe (Niedersfeld, Bestwig, Felbecke, Wenden), Löüwe (Attendorn, Drolshagen, Olpe)
        East Westphalian: Löwen (Lippe), Lȫwe (Ravensberg)
      • → Danish: løve
      • → Estonian: lõvi
      • → Faroese: leyva, løva
      • → Latgalian: ļovs
      • → Latvian: lauva
      • → Norwegian:
        Norwegian Bokmål: løve
  • Old Dutch: lēwo
    • Middle Dutch: lêwe
      • Dutch: leeuw
        • Afrikaans: leeu
        • Negerhollands: leeuw
        • → Papiamentu: leeuw (dated)
        • → Sranan Tongo: lew
      • Limburgish: lieëf, liew
      • West Flemish: lêeuw
  • Old High German: lewo, lēo
    • Middle High German: lewe, lebe, löuwe
      • Alemannic German: Leew, Löi
      • Bavarian:
      • Central Franconian:
        Hunsrik: Leeb
        Luxembourgish: Léiw
      • East Central German:
        Upper Saxon German:
        Vilamovian: ływ
      • East Franconian:
      • German: Löwe
      • Rhine Franconian: Leeb
        Frankfurterisch: [leːp]
        Pennsylvania German: Leeb
      • Yiddish: לייב (leyb)
      • Kölsch: Löv [ɫœf]
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