Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/galōfô

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

From *ga- (associative prefix) +‎ *lōfô (“palm of the hand”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣɑ.ˈlɔː.ɸɔːː/

Noun

*galōfô m

glove

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *galōfô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*galōfô	*galōfaniz
vocative	*galōfô	*galōfaniz
accusative	*galōfanų	*galōfanunz
genitive	*galōfiniz	*galōfanǫ̂
dative	*galōfini	*galōfammaz
instrumental	*galōfinē	*galōfammiz

Synonyms

*wantuz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *galōfō, *glōfō
- Old English: glōfa m, glōfe f (attested in plural glōfan); glōf f
  - Middle English: glove, glofe, gloove; glufe, gluve, glwfe
    - English: glove
      - → Zulu: igilavu
    - Scots: gluive, gluve
Old Norse: glófi
- Icelandic: glófi
- Faroese: glógvi

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lōfan- ~ *lappan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 341

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lōfan- ~ *lappan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 341