Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Hlūdawīg

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *hlūd (“loud, famous”) +‎ *wīg (“fight, battle”).

Proper noun

*Hlūdawīg m

a male given name, meaning famous in battle

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*Hlūdawīg
Genitive	*Hlūdawīgas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*Hlūdawīg	—
Accusative	*Hlūdawīg	—
Genitive	*Hlūdawīgas	—
Dative	*Hlūdawīgē	—
Instrumental	*Hlūdawīgu	—

Descendants

Old English: Hlōþewīġ
Old Dutch: *Lodawīg
- Middle Dutch: Lodewijc
  - Dutch: Lodewijk
Old High German: Lūdwīg, Hlūtwīg, Hludwig
- Middle High German: Ludewig
  - Rhine Franconian: Ludwich
  - German: Ludwig, Chlodwig (chiefly in historical names)
    - → Czech: Ludvík
    - → English: Ludwig
    - → Finnish: Ludvig
    - → Latvian: Ludvigs
    - → Norwegian: Ludvig
    - → Polish: Ludwik
    - → Swedish: Ludvig
    - → Chinese: 路德維希 / 路德维希 (Lùdéwéixī) (transliteration)
  - → Old Norse: Lúðvíg, Lóðvíg, Lóðvík
    - Icelandic: Lúðvíg, Lúðvík
    - Faroese: Ludvík
    - Norwegian: Ludvig, Ludvik
    - Old Danish: Ludvig
      - Danish: Ludvig, Ludwik, Ludvik (see there for further descendants)
    - Old Swedish: Lodwig, Lodwik
      - Swedish: Ludvig, Ludvik
    - → Finnish: Ludvig, Ludvik
→ Latin: Ludovicus, Clodovicus, Chlodovechus, Lodhuvicus, Hluduicus, Hludovvicus, Aloysius (from Occitan) (see there for further descendants)