*lauhaz

Runic: ᛚᚨᚢᚺᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈlɑu̯.xɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

clearing
meadow

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lówkos (‘clearing’), which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (‘bright’). Cognate with Latin lūcus (‘sacred grove’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	lauhaz	lauhōz, lauhōs
Acc.	lauhą	lauhanz
Gen.	lauhas, lauhis	lauhǫ̂
Dat.	lauhai	lauhamaz
Inst.	lauhō	lauhamiz
Voc.	lauh	lauhōz, lauhōs

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Descendants

*lauh (Proto-West Germanic)
- lāch (Old Frisian)
*lauh (Proto-West Germanic)
- *lōh, *lō (Old Dutch)
  - lô (Middle Dutch)
    - lo, loo (Dutch)
*lauh (Proto-West Germanic)
- lēah (Old English)
  - leye, ley, legh, lege, liegh (Middle English)
    - leigh, lea (English)
    - le, ley, lei (Scots)
*lauh (Proto-West Germanic)
- lōh, lō (Old High German)
  - lōh, lōch, lō (Middle High German)
    - Loh, Lah, Lage (German)
*lauh (Proto-West Germanic)
- lōh (Old Saxon)
  - lô, loe, loo, lâ, loch, loge, lage, loye (Middle Low German)
ló (Old Norse)
- ló (Icelandic)
- lo (Norwegian Bokmål)
- lo (Norwegian Nynorsk)

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