Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lauwu

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 *lawwō.

Noun

*lauwu f

1. scar, injury

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lauwu
Genitive	*lauwā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lauwu	*lauwō
Accusative	*lauwā	*lauwā
Genitive	*lauwā	*lauwō
Dative	*lauwē	*lauwōm, *lauwum
Instrumental	*lauwu	*lauwōm, *lauwum

Descendants

• Old English: *lǣw
  • ⇒ Old English: limlǣw (“limb injury”) (+ lim (“limb”))
• Old High German: *lauwa
  • ⇒ Old High German: līhlaoa, līhla (“scar”) (+ līh (“body”), ō-stem)
  • ⇒ Old High German: lihloi, lihlauui, līhloi, lilewe, lilewi (“scar”) (+ līh (“body”), īn-stem)
  • ⇒? Old High German: hilouwa, hilouga (“scar”) (+ gi-)