Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lōfô

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 *lāp-, *lēp-, *lep- (“to be flat”). Cognate with Lithuanian lopa (“paw, claw”), Proto-Slavic *lapa, dialectal Armenian լափ (lapʻ), լուփ (lupʻ, “palm, flat of the hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔː.ɸɔːː/

Noun

*lōfô m

1. (anatomy) the palm or hollow of the hand

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *lōfô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lōfô	*lōfaniz
vocative	*lōfô	*lōfaniz
accusative	*lōfanų	*lōfanunz
genitive	*lōfiniz	*lōfanǫ̂
dative	*lōfini	*lōfammaz
instrumental	*lōfinē	*lōfammiz

Synonyms

• *fulmō

Derived terms

• *galōfô

Related terms

• *lafō

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *lōfō; *lōf
  • Old English: lōf
• Old Norse: lófi
  • Icelandic: lófi
  • Faroese: lógvi
  • Norn: løf, löf
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: love
  • Old Swedish: lōve
    • Swedish: love
  • Danish: love
  • Gutnish: loe, lo
  • → Middle English: love, lof, loove, louf, luf, lufe, luff, luffe
    • English: loof
    • Scots: luif, lufe, luff
• Gothic: 𐌻𐍉𐍆𐌰 (lōfa)
  • → Galician: luva
  • → Portuguese: luva
  • → Spanish: lúa