Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlutą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *klew-, a root that seems unattested outside Germanic.

Alternative etymology derives from *(s)kleh₂w- (“to hook; trip up; hamper; block; shut out; close”).

Noun

*hlutą n

lot, share
fate

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hlutą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hlutą	*hlutō
vocative	*hlutą	*hlutō
accusative	*hlutą	*hlutō
genitive	hlutas, hlutis	*hlutǫ̂
dative	*hlutai	*hlutamaz
instrumental	*hlutō	*hlutamiz

Synonyms

*hlautiz
*hlutiz

Derived terms

*hlutōną

Related terms

*hleutaną

Descendants

The Old Norse descendant seems to have taken the stem from this term, but the gender and inflection from *hlautiz.

Old English: hlot (hlyte m < *hlutiz)
- Middle English: lot
  - Scots: lot
  - English: lot
Old Frisian: hlot
- North Frisian: lod
- Saterland Frisian: Lot
- West Frisian: lot
Old Saxon: *hlot
- Middle Low German: lot, lōt n
  - German Low German: Lott n
Frankish: *hlot
- Old Dutch: lot
  - Middle Dutch: lot
    - Dutch: lot
- → Old French: lot, aloter
  - French: lot, allotir (from lot, not aloter), loterie
    - → Dutch: loterij
  - Norman: lot (Guernésiais)
  - → English: allot (from aloter)
  - → Catalan: lot, loteria
  - → Galician: lote, lotaría
  - → Spanish: lotería
  - → Italian: lotto, lotteria
    - → Dutch: lotto
    - → English: lotto, lottery
    - → Swedish: lotto, lotteri
Old High German: (hluz m < *hlutiz)
- Middle High German: (luz)
Old Norse: hlutr (declension from *hlautiz), hluti (weak, as if from *hlutô)
- Icelandic: hlutur, hluti
- Faroese: lutur, luti
- Norwegian: lott
- Old Swedish: luter, loter
  - Swedish: lott
- Old Danish: lot
  - Danish: lod
- Westrobothnian: lött, låt, lot
- Jamtish: lot
- Gutnish: lut
- Elfdalian: lott

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