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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/leuhsaz

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *lewk-so-, from *lewk- (to shine).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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*leuhsaz

  1. light, bright

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Old Norse: ljóss
    • Icelandic: ljós
    • Faroese: ljósur
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: ljos
    • Elfdalian: liuos
    • Old Swedish: liūs
    • Danish: lys
      • Norwegian Bokmål: lys
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: lys

References

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  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