*hlēwaz

Runic: ᚺᛚᛖᚹᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈxlɛː.wɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

lukewarm

Etymology

From the same root of the synonym *hliwjaz as well as possibly *hlewą (‘shelter’) (but see Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw for an alternative), further uncertain:

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	hlēwaz	hlēwō	hlēwą, -atō	hlēwai	hlēwôz	hlēwō
Acc.	hlēwanǭ	hlēwǭ	hlēwą, -atō	hlēwanz	hlēwōz	hlēwō
Gen.	hlēwas, -is	hlēwaizōz	hlēwas, -is	hlēwaizǫ̂	hlēwaizǫ̂	hlēwaizǫ̂
Dat.	hlēwammai	hlēwaizōi	hlēwammai	hlēwaimaz	hlēwaimaz	hlēwaimaz
Inst.	hlēwanō	hlēwaizō	hlēwanō	hlēwaimiz	hlēwaimiz	hlēwaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	hlēwô	hlēwǭ	hlēwô	hlēwaniz	hlēwōniz	hlēwōnō
Acc.	hlēwanų	hlēwōnų	hlēwô	hlēwanunz	hlēwōnunz	hlēwōnō
Gen.	hlēwiniz	hlēwōniz	hlēwiniz	hlēwanǫ̂	hlēwōnǫ̂	hlēwanǫ̂
Dat.	hlēwini	hlēwōni	hlēwini	hlēwammaz	hlēwōmaz	hlēwammaz
Inst.	hlēwinē	hlēwōnē	hlēwinē	hlēwammiz	hlēwōmiz	hlēwammiz

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Descendants

*hlāu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *lāo (Old Dutch)
  - lâeu, lau (Middle Dutch)
    - lauw (Dutch)
      - lou (Afrikaans)
*hlāu (Proto-West Germanic)
- hlēow (Old English)
  - lew, lewe (Middle English)
    - lew (English)
    - lew (Scots)
*hlāu (Proto-West Germanic)
- flou (Old French)
  - vlau (Middle Dutch)
    - flov (Danish)
    - flauw (Dutch)
    - flau (German)
*hlāu (Proto-West Germanic)
- flou (Old French)
  - flou (Middle French)
    - flou (French)
*hlāu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hliāw, *liāw (Old Frisian)
  - ljou (Saterland Frisian)
  - lij (West Frisian)
*hlāu (Proto-West Germanic)
- lāo, *hlāo (Old High German)
  - lā, lāw- (Middle High German)
    - leew (Alemannic German)
    - lau (German)
*hlāu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hlāo (Old Saxon)
  - lau, lauw (Middle Low German)
    - lau (German Low German)
hlær (Old Norse)
- læ (Danish)
- hlær (Icelandic)
- læ (Norwegian)
*leevä (Proto-Finnic)
*lauha (Proto-Finnic)

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