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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hleumundaz

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

Likely originally neuter, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléwmn̥tom,[1] extension and thematicization of *ḱléwmn̥, from *ḱlew- (“to hear”). Cognate to Sanskrit श्रोमत (śromata, “fame”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxleu̯.mun.dɑz/

Noun

*hleumundaz m

  1. reputation, fame

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *hleumundaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hleumundaz *hleumundōz, *hleumundōs
vocative *hleumund *hleumundōz, *hleumundōs
accusative *hleumundą *hleumundanz
genitive *hleumundas, *hleumundis *hleumundǫ̂
dative *hleumundai *hleumundamaz
instrumental *hleumundō *hleumundamiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *hleumund
    • Old Saxon: *hliumand
      • Middle Low German: lǖmunt, lîmunt
      • ⇒ Old Saxon: *hliumandig
        • ⇒ Old Saxon: mishliumandig
    • Old Dutch: *liumund
      • Middle Dutch: lumont
    • Old High German: hliumunt, liumunt
      • Middle High German: liumunt

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hleuman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 230: “*ḱleu-mn-to-”
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