Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laudaz

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑu̯.ðɑz/

Etymology 1

From *leudaną (“to sprout; spring up; grow”).

Adjective

*laudaz

1. large, great

Inflection

Declension of *laudaz (a-stem)

strong declension
	masculine		feminine		neuter
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	*laudaz	*laudai	*laudō	*laudôz	*laudą, *-at(ō)	*laudō
accusative	*laudanǭ	*laudanz	*laudǭ	*laudōz	*laudą, *-at(ō)	*laudō
genitive	*laudas, *laudis	*laudaizǫ̂	*laudaizōz	*laudaizǫ̂	*laudas, *laudis	*laudaizǫ̂
dative	*laudammai	*laudaimaz	*laudaizōi	*laudaimaz	*laudammai	*laudaimaz
instrumental	*laudanō	*laudaimiz	*laudaizō	*laudaimiz	*laudanō	*laudaimiz
weak declension
	masculine		feminine		neuter
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	*laudô	*laudaniz	*laudǭ	*laudōniz	*laudô	*laudōnō
accusative	*laudanų	*laudanunz	*laudōnų	*laudōnunz	*laudô	*laudōnō
genitive	*laudiniz	*laudanǫ̂	*laudōniz	*laudōnǫ̂	*laudiniz	*laudanǫ̂
dative	*laudini	*laudammaz	*laudōni	*laudōmaz	*laudini	*laudammaz
instrumental	*laudinē	*laudammiz	*laudōnē	*laudōmiz	*laudinē	*laudammiz

Descendants

• Middle High German: lōte (“qualified, conditioned”)
• Gothic: *𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (*lauþs)
  • ⇒ Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (swalauþs)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁lówdʰos, a o-grade formation from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow”), parallel to *liudiz (“man, person”).

Noun

*laudaz m

1. (in the singular) man
2. (in the plural) men

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *laudaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*laudaz	*laudōz, *laudōs
vocative	*laud	*laudōz, *laudōs
accusative	*laudą	*laudanz
genitive	*laudas, *laudis	*laudǫ̂
dative	*laudai	*laudamaz
instrumental	*laudō	*laudamiz

Descendants

• Gothic: *𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (*lauþs)
  • ⇒ Gothic: 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (juggalauþs)