Louis
French
proper noun
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French Loïs inherited from Old French Looïs inherited from Latin Ludovicus derived from Frankish *Hlūdawīg derived from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (loud, famous, noise, sound).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hlūdaz
Gloss
loud, famous, noise, sound
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
音
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Louis English
- Louisbourg English
- Louisiana English
- Louisville English
- Ludwig English
- Aloysius Latin
- Ludovicus Latin
- Louis German
- Ludwig German
- Louis Dutch, Flemish
- Louisbourg French
- Louisiane French
- Louÿs French
- Loïc French
- Ludovic French
- louisianiser French
- *ḱlew- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱlewtos Proto-Indo-European
- *hlūdaz Proto-Germanic
- ルートヴィヒ Japanese
- hlud Old English
- hlūd Old English
- Ludvík Czech
- Looïs Old French
- Louis Old French
- *Hlūtwīg Old High German
- Ludhuwīg Old High German
- lut Old High German
- lūt Old High German
- Ludvík Faroese
- Louis Norman
- Louisianne Norman
- Loïs Middle French
- *Hlūdawīg gmw-pro
- *hlūd gmw-pro
- *lūd Old Dutch
- Luis Cimbrian
- hlud Old Saxon
- *Hlōdowig, *Hlūdawīg Frankish
- *Hlūdawīg Frankish
- hlud Old Frisian
- hlūd Old Frisian
- Lui Hawaiian