Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/leuhtą

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 *lewktom, ultimately from the root *lewk- (“to shine”) and the suffix *-tós.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈleu̯x.tɑ̃/

Noun

*leuhtą n^[2]

(West Germanic) light
Synonym: *leuhsą (Northern)

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *leuhtą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*leuhtą	*leuhtō
vocative	*leuhtą	*leuhtō
accusative	*leuhtą	*leuhtō
genitive	leuhtas, liuhtis	*leuhtǫ̂
dative	*leuhtai	*leuhtamaz
instrumental	*leuhtō	*leuhtamiz

Derived terms

*liuhtijaną

Related terms

*leuhtaz
*leuhadą (attested only in Gothic)

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *leuht
- Old English: lēoht, lēht — Anglian, līht
  - Middle English: leoht, liht, light
    - English: light
    - Scots: licht
- Old Frisian: liācht
  - Saterland Frisian: Ljoacht, Lucht
  - West Frisian: ljocht
- Old Saxon: lioht
  - Middle Low German: licht, lucht
    - Low German:
      - German Low German: Licht
        Westphalian:
        Ravensbergisch: Lecht
        Lippisch: Lecht, Lucht
        Sauerländisch: Lecht, Licht
        Westmünsterländisch: Lecht, Lech
      - Plautdietsch: Licht
- Old Dutch: lieht
  - Middle Dutch: licht
    - Dutch: licht
      - Afrikaans: lig
    - Limburgish: lèch
- Old High German: lioht
  - Middle High German: liecht, licht
    - Alemannic German: Liecht (north Alsatian), Liacht (south Alsatian)
    - Bavarian: Liacht
    - Central Franconian:
      Hunsrik: Licht
      Kölsch: Leesch
      Luxembourgish: Liicht
    - East Central German:
      Vilamovian: łicht
    - East Franconian: Lieacht
    - German: Licht
    - Rhine Franconian: Licht, Liecht, Lischt
      Frankfurterisch: [liʃt]
      Pennsylvania German: Licht
    - Yiddish: ליכט (likht)

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*leuxtan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 242-3
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*leuhada-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 333

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*leuxtan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 242-3

[2] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*leuhada-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 333

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