*lewô^¹

Runic: ᛚᛖᚹᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈle.wɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

scythe

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *léwh₁-on-, from *lewh₁- (‘to cut off, loosen’). Particularly close cognate semantically with Sanskrit लवित्र (lavítra) (lavítra, ‘sickle’), and additionally related to Proto-Germanic *leusaną (‘to lose’); see the latter for more cognates.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	lewô	lewaniz
Acc.	lewanų	lewanunz
Gen.	liwiniz	lewanǫ̂
Dat.	liwini	lewammaz
Inst.	liwinē	lewammiz
Voc.	lewô	lewaniz

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Descendants

*lewō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *lewo (Old Saxon)
  - lē, lēhe (Middle Low German)
    - ley, Lee (Northern Low Saxon)
lé (Old Norse)
- ljå (Elfdalian)
- líggi (Faroese)
- leie (Gutnish)
- ljár (Icelandic)
- ljá (Jamtish)
- ljå (Norwegian)
- lé, ljá (Scanian)
lé (Old Norse)
- lē (Old Danish)
  - le, ljå (Danish)
lé (Old Norse)
- līe, lē (Old Swedish)
  - lie, le (Swedish)

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