Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lēwō

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

Borrowed from Latin leō (“lion”). Parallel borrowing with Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 (laiwa, “lion”).

Noun

*lēwō m

1. lion

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lēwō
Genitive	*lēwini, *lēwan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lēwō	*lēwan
Accusative	*lēwan	*lēwan
Genitive	*lēwini, *lēwan	*lēwanō
Dative	*lēwini, *lēwan	*lēwum
Instrumental	*lēwini, *lēwan	*lēwum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *lēwa, *lēu, *lāwa, *lāu
  • North Frisian: lau, lööw
  • Saterland Frisian: Leeuwe
  • West Frisian: liuw
• Old Saxon: *lēwo, *lēo, *lāwo, *lāo
  • Middle Low German: löuwe, lowe, lou, löe, louwe, lauwe, lewe, leuwe
    • German Low German:

      Low Prussian: Lau

      Plautdietsch: Leiw

      Westphalian:

      Sauerländisch: Loiwe, Loibe (Brilon), Löwe (Niedersfeld, Bestwig, Felbecke, Wenden), Löüwe (Attendorn, Drolshagen, Olpe)

      East Westphalian: Löwen (Lippe), Lȫwe (Ravensberg)

    • → Danish: løve
      • → Greenlandic: løveq
    • → Estonian: lõvi
    • → Faroese: leyva, løva
    • → Latgalian: ļovs
    • → Latvian: lauva
      • → Livonian: louv
    • → Norwegian:

      Norwegian Bokmål: løve

• Old Dutch: lēwo
  • Middle Dutch: lêwe
    • Dutch: leeuw
      • Afrikaans: leeu
      • Negerhollands: leeuw
      • → Papiamentu: leeuw (dated)
      • → Sranan Tongo: lew
    • Limburgish: lieëf, liew
    • West Flemish: lêeuw
• Old High German: lēwo, lēo
  • Middle High German: lewe, lebe, löuwe
    • Alemannic German: Leew, Löi
    • Bavarian:
    • Central Franconian:

      Hunsrik: Leeb

      Luxembourgish: Léiw

    • East Central German:

      Upper Saxon:

      Vilamovian: ływ

    • East Franconian:
    • German: Löwe
    • Rhine Franconian: Leeb

      Frankfurterisch: [leːp]

      Pennsylvania German: Leeb

    • Yiddish: לייב‎ (leyb)