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”), that is, the area around the ears (side of the head).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxleu̯.zɑ̃/

Noun

*hleuzą n

1. ear
2. temple (of the forehead)
3. 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	*hleuzai	*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