Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lugô

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 1

From Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to lie, tell a lie”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɣɔːː/

Noun

*lugô m

1. liar
2. traitor
3. one who breaks (an agreement, a covenant, an engagement, etc.)

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *lugô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lugô	*luganiz
vocative	*lugô	*luganiz
accusative	*luganų	*luganunz
genitive	*luginiz	*luganǫ̂
dative	*lugini	*lugammaz
instrumental	*luginē	*lugammiz

Related terms

• *leuganą
• *leugāną
• *lugōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *logō;
  • Old English: loga; wǣrloga; þēodloga
    • Middle English: warloȝe, warloghe
      • Scots: warloche, warlok, warlocke, warlo, warluck
      • English: warlock
  • Old Saxon: logo; wārlogo
• Old Norse: *logi; þinglogi

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright, to shine, to see”).

Noun

*lugô m

1. (North Germanic) flame, blaze

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *lugô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lugô	*luganiz
vocative	*lugô	*luganiz
accusative	*luganų	*luganunz
genitive	*luginiz	*luganǫ̂
dative	*lugini	*lugammaz
instrumental	*luginē	*lugammiz

Related terms

• *laugiz (“flame, blaze”)

Descendants

• Old Norse: logi
  • Icelandic: logi
  • Faroese: logi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: loge
  • Old Swedish: loghi, lughi
    • Swedish: låge, låga
  • Old Danish: lughæ, loghæ
    • Danish: lue
    • Norwegian Bokmål: lue
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: lue
  • → Middle English: lowe
    • English: low
    • Scots: low