*leuhtą

Runic: ᛚᛖᚢᚺᛏᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈleu̯x.tɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

light

Etymology

(SS: check out PIE folder paper on Primary t-stems re this and related words) From Proto-Indo-European *lewktom, ultimately from the root *lewk- (‘to shine’) and the suffix *-tós.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	leuhtą	leuhtō
Acc.	leuhtą	leuhtō
Gen.	leuhtas, liuhtis	leuhtǫ̂
Dat.	leuhtai	leuhtamaz
Inst.	leuhtō	leuhtamiz
Voc.	leuhtą	leuhtō

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Descendants

*leuht (Proto-West Germanic)
- lieht (Old Dutch)
  - licht (Middle Dutch)
    - Leech (Limburgish)
*leuht (Proto-West Germanic)
- lieht (Old Dutch)
  - licht (Middle Dutch)
    - licht (Dutch)
      - lig (Afrikaans)
*leuht (Proto-West Germanic)
- lēoht, lēht, līht (Old English)
  - leoht, liht, light (Middle English)
    - light (English)
    - licht (Scots)
*leuht (Proto-West Germanic)
- liācht (Old Frisian)
  - Ljoacht, Lucht (Saterland Frisian)
  - ljocht (West Frisian)
*leuht (Proto-West Germanic)
- lioht (Old High German)
  - liecht, licht (Middle High German)
    - Liecht, Liacht (Alemannic German)
    - Liacht (Bavarian)
    - ? (Central Franconian)
    - ? (East Central German)
    - Lieacht (East Franconian)
    - Licht (German)
    - Licht, Liecht, Lischt (Rhine Franconian)
    - ליכט (likht) (Yiddish)
*leuht (Proto-West Germanic)
- lioht (Old Saxon)
  - licht, lucht (Middle Low German)
    - Licht (Low German)
      - Licht (German Low German)
      - Licht (Plautdietsch)

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