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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/leutaz

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 Proto-Indo-European *lewd- (to duck, crouch, feign, cringe, become small).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleu̯.tɑz/

Adjective

*leutaz[1][2]

  1. deceitful, deceptive

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*leutaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 243
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*leuta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 335
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