Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lauh

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lauhaz.

Noun

*lauh m

1. clearing
2. meadow

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lauh
Genitive	*lauhas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lauh	*lauhō, *lauhōs
Accusative	*lauh	*lauhā
Genitive	*lauhas	*lauhō
Dative	*lauhē	*lauhum
Instrumental	*lauhu	*lauhum

Descendants

• Old English: lēah
  • Middle English: leye, ley, legh, lege, liegh
    • English: leigh, lea
    • Scots: le, ley, lei
    • ⇒? Yola: kotlieough, cotleough
• Old Frisian: lāch
• Old Saxon: lōh
  • Middle Low German: lōch, lō
• Old Dutch: *lōh, *lō
  • Middle Dutch: lô
    • Dutch: lo, loo (obsolete outside place names)
• Old High German: lōh
  • Middle High German: lōh, lōch, lō
    • German: Loh, Lah, Lage (mostly in place names)