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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *launą</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-02"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_launą</idno>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_grc_leia" xml:lang="grc" type="cognate">
          <orth>λεία</orth>
          <form type="translit">
            <orth>leía</orth>
          </form>
          <def>booty, spoils</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_ine-x-proto_leh2w" xml:lang="ine-x-proto" type="etymon">
          <orth>*leh₂w-</orth>
          <def>to capture, enjoy</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_lat_lucrum" xml:lang="lat" type="cognate">
          <orth>lucrum</orth>
          <def>profit, foredeal</def>
        </item>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_launa" type="noun" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/launą">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>launą</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈlɑu̯.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛚᚨᚢᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>noun</pos>
            <gram type="gender">neuter</gram>
            <gram type="stem">a-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>reward, credit, booty</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From Pre-Germanic *lh₂ewnom or *lowh₂nom (with laryngeal metathesis), from Proto-Indo-European <mentioned xml:lang="ine-x-proto" target="#cog_ine-x-proto_leh2w"><ref target="#cog_ine-x-proto_leh2w">*leh₂w-</ref></mentioned> (‘to capture, enjoy’). Cognate with Latin <mentioned xml:lang="lat" target="#cog_lat_lucrum"><ref target="#cog_lat_lucrum">lucrum</ref></mentioned> (‘profit, foredeal’), Ancient Greek <mentioned xml:lang="grc" target="#cog_grc_leia"><ref target="#cog_grc_leia">λεία</ref></mentioned> (leía, ‘booty, spoils’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom">
              <orth>launą</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom">
              <orth>launō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc">
              <orth>launą</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc">
              <orth>launō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen">
              <orth>launas, launis</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen">
              <orth>launǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat">
              <orth>launai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat">
              <orth>launamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr">
              <orth>launō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr">
              <orth>launamiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #voc">
              <orth>launą</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #voc">
              <orth>launō</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*laun</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Medieval Latin</lang>
                    <orth>*widerlonum, widerdonum</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Italian</lang>
                      <orth>guidardone, guiderdone</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Occitan</lang>
                      <orth>guierdon</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Spanish</lang>
                      <orth>galardón</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*laun</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Medieval Latin</lang>
                    <orth>*widerlonum, widerdonum</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old French</lang>
                      <orth>gueredun, guerdon, werdon</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>guerdon</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>French</lang>
                        <orth>guerdon</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*laun</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Medieval Latin</lang>
                    <orth>*widerlonum, widerdonum</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old Galician-Portuguese</lang>
                      <orth>gualardon</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Galician</lang>
                        <orth>galardón</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Portuguese</lang>
                        <orth>galardão</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*laun</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*lōn</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>lôon</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Limburgish</lang>
                        <orth>loean</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*laun</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*lōn</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>lôon</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>loon</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                          <orth>loon</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*laun</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>lēan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>lean, læn, lan, lien</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*laun</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>lān</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>North Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>lean</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>Loon</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>lean</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*laun</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>lōn</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>lōn</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>Lohn</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                        <orth>Loun</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Pennsylvania German</lang>
                        <orth>Loh</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                        <orth>לוין (loyn)</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*laun</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>lōn</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>lōn</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German Low German</lang>
                        <orth>Lauhn</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>laun</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>laun</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                    <orth>læn, læ</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>laun</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>løn</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>løn</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Faroese</lang>
                        <orth>løn</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                        <orth>løn</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>laun</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>løn</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>løn</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                        <orth>lønn</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                          <orth>lønn</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>laun</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>løn</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>lön</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽 (laun)</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
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