lauw
Dutch (Brabantic)
/lɑu̯/
adj
Definitions
- lukewarm (temperature)
- cold, indifferent
- (informal) nice, cool, chill
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch lâeu inherited from Old Dutch *lāo inherited from Proto-Germanic *hlēwaz (lukewarm, warm).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hlēwaz
Gloss
lukewarm, warm
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
温, 暖
Emoji
🌡️ ☀️ 🌞 🌵
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- luke English
- lukewarm English
- lukewarmish English
- lukewarmly English
- lukewarmness English
- warm English
- boem Dutch, Flemish
- boemlauw Dutch, Flemish
- lauwwarm Dutch, Flemish
- warm Dutch, Flemish
- *hlēwaz Proto-Germanic
- leukwarm Middle English
- hlær Old Norse
- lâeu Middle Dutch
- lao Old High German
- lāo Old High German
- *lāo Old Dutch
- *leepedä Proto-Finnic
- *leevä Proto-Finnic
- leew Alemannic German
- *hlāo Frankish