Proto-Germanic
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Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-, from *lewH- (“to cut; sever; separate; loosen; lose”).
Pronunciation
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*leusaną[1][2]
- to lose, to cease to have
Inflection
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Conjugation of
*leusaną (strong class 2)
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Descendants
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References
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- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*leusan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*leusanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 243