Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lōfô

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lāp-, *lēp-, *lep- (“to be flat”). Cognate with Lithuanian lopa (“paw, claw”), Proto-Slavic *lapa, dialectal Armenian լափ (lapʻ), լուփ (lupʻ, “palm, flat of the hand”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɔː.ɸɔːː/

Noun

*lōfô m

(anatomy) the palm or hollow of the hand

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *lōfô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lōfô	*lōfaniz
vocative	*lōfô	*lōfaniz
accusative	*lōfanų	*lōfanunz
genitive	*lōfiniz	*lōfanǫ̂
dative	*lōfini	*lōfammaz
instrumental	*lōfinē	*lōfammiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *lōfō; *lōf
- Old English: lōf
Old Norse: lófi
- Icelandic: lófi
- Faroese: lógvi
- Norn: løf, löf
- Norwegian Nynorsk: love
- Old Swedish: lōve
  - Swedish: love
- Danish: love
- Gutnish: loe, lo
- → Middle English: love, lof, loove, louf, luf, lufe, luff, luffe
  - English: loof
  - Scots: luif, lufe, luff
Gothic: 𐌻𐍉𐍆𐌰 (lōfa)
- → Galician: luva
- → Portuguese: luva
- → Spanish: lúa