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

liar
traitor
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

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

(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

Descendants

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