Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlutą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From the root of *hleutaną (“to cast lots; to undergo, endure, be fated (to)”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *klewH-d-. Cognate with Latvian kļũtas (“fate”).

Noun edit

*hlutą n

lot, share
fate

Inflection edit

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hlutą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hlutą	*hlutō
vocative	*hlutą	*hlutō
accusative	*hlutą	*hlutō
genitive	hlutas, hlutis	*hlutǫ̂
dative	*hlutai	*hlutamaz
instrumental	*hlutō	*hlutamiz

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

*hlutōną

Related terms edit

*hleutaną

Descendants edit

Old English: hlot (hlyte m < *hlutiz)
- Middle English: lot
  - Scots: lot
  - English: lot
Old Frisian: hlot
- North Frisian: lod
- Saterland Frisian: Lot
- West Frisian: lot
Old Saxon: *hlot
- Middle Low German: lot, lōt n
  - German Low German: Lott n
Frankish: *hlot
- Old Dutch: lot
  - Middle Dutch: lot
    - Dutch: lot
      - Negerhollands: loot, lot
      - → Caribbean Javanese: lot
      - → Indonesian: lot
        → Balinese: ᬮᭀᬢ᭄ (lot, “lottery”)
      - → Papiamentu: lòt, lot
- → Old French: lot, aloter
  - French: lot, allotir (from lot, not aloter), loterie
    - → Dutch: loterij
      - → Caribbean Javanese: lotré
      - → Indonesian: lotre
      - → Russian: лотерея (lotereja)
  - Norman: lot (Guernésiais)
  - → English: allot (from aloter)
  - → Catalan: lot, loteria
  - → Galician: lote, lotaría
  - → Spanish: lotería
  - → Italian: lotto, lotteria
    - → Dutch: lotto
    - → English: lotto, lottery
    - → Swedish: lotto, lotteri
Old High German: hluz m (hapax)
- Middle High German: luz m
Old Norse: hlutr (masculine i-stem), hluti (weak, as if from *hlutô)
- Icelandic: hlutur, hluti
- Faroese: lutur, luti
- Norwegian Bokmål: lott
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lott
- Old Swedish: luter, loter
  - Swedish: lott
- Old Danish: lot
  - Danish: lod
    - → Norwegian Bokmål: lodd
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: lodd
- Jamtish: lot
- Gutnish: lut
- Elfdalian: lott