Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/leuhsą

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 *lewk-so-m, ultimately from the root *lewk- (“to shine”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈleu̯x.sɑ̃/

Noun

*leuhsą n

(North Germanic) light
Synonym: *leuhtą (Western)

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *leuhsą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*leuhsą	*leuhsō
vocative	*leuhsą	*leuhsō
accusative	*leuhsą	*leuhsō
genitive	leuhsas, liuhsis	*leuhsǫ̂
dative	*leuhsai	*leuhsamaz
instrumental	*leuhsō	*leuhsamiz

Derived terms

*liuhsijaną

Related terms

*leuhtą

Descendants

Old Norse: ljós
- Icelandic: ljós
- Faroese: ljós
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ljos; (dialectal) ljøs, ljus, ljys, løs
- Jamtish: ljǿs
- Elfdalian: liuos
- Old Swedish: liūs
  - Swedish: ljus
- Old Danish: liūs
  - Danish: lys
    - Norwegian Bokmål: lys
      - → Norwegian Nynorsk: lys
- Scanian: lýs
- Gutnish: ljaus

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*leuhsa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334: “*leuhsa-”

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*leuhsa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334: “*leuhsa-”

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