Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Hlūdawīg

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *hlūd (“loud, famous”) +‎ *wīg (“fight, battle”).

Proper noun

*Hlūdawīg m

a male given name, meaning famous in battle

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*Hlūdawīg
Genitive	*Hlūdawīgas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*Hlūdawīg	—
Accusative	*Hlūdawīg	—
Genitive	*Hlūdawīgas	—
Dative	*Hlūdawīgē	—
Instrumental	*Hlūdawīgu	—

Descendants

Middle Dutch: Lodewijc
- Dutch: Lodewijk
Old High German: Lūdwīg, Hlūtwīg, Ludhuwīg, Hludwig, *Hlūtwīg
- Middle High German: Ludewig
  - Rhine Franconian: Ludwich
  - German: Ludwig (see there for further descendants)
  - → Old Norse: Lúðvíg, Lóðvíg, Lóðvík
    - Icelandic: Lúðvíg, Lúðvík
    - Faroese: Ludvík
    - Norwegian: Ludvig, Ludvik
    - Old Danish: Ludvig
      - Danish: Ludwik, Ludvik, Ludwik, Ludvig (see there for further descendants)
    - Old Swedish: Lodwig, Lodwik
      - Swedish: Ludvig, Ludvik
    - → Finnish: Ludvig, Ludvik
→ Latin: Clodovicus, Chlodovechus, Lodhuuic, Hlodowicus, Hluduicus, Ludovicus (see there for further descendants)
- → French: Clovis
  - → English: Clovis
- → Norman: Clovis
→ Old French: Chlodowig, Lodhwig, Lodhuuig, Lodhuwig, Lodhuvigs, Looïs, Luis
- Anglo-Norman:
  - → Middle English: Lewis, Lowis
    - English: Lewis
- Middle French: Loïc, Loïs
  - French: Louis (see there for further descendants)
  - → Breton: Loïc
- Norman: Louis
- → Catalan: Lluís
- → Cimbrian: Luis
- → English: Louis (see there for further descendants)
- → Galician: Lois
- → German: Luis
- → Italian: Luigi (see there for further descendants)
- → Occitan: Loís
- → Old Occitan: Aloys
  - → Latin: Aloysius
    - → Alemannic German: Alewiss
    - → Czech: Alois
    - → English: Aloysius
    - → German: Alois
    - → Hungarian: Alajos
    - → Irish: Alaois
    - → Italian: Aloisio
    - → Polish: Alojzy
    - → Portuguese: Aloísio
    - → Serbo-Croatian:
      Latin script: Alojz, Alojzije
    - → Slovak: Alojz
    - → Slovene: Alojz, Alojzij
    - → Venetian: Alvise
- → Portuguese: Luís (see there for further descendants)
- → Spanish: Luis (see there for further descendants)