FromMiddle Dutchlâeu, fromOld Dutch*lāo, fromProto-West Germanic*hlāu, fromProto-Germanic*hlēwaz.
lauw (comparativelauwer,superlativelauwst)
| Declension oflauw | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | lauw | |||
| inflected | lauwe | |||
| comparative | lauwer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | lauw | lauwer | hetlauwst hetlauwste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | lauwe | lauwere | lauwste |
| n. sing. | lauw | lauwer | lauwste | |
| plural | lauwe | lauwere | lauwste | |
| definite | lauwe | lauwere | lauwste | |
| partitive | lauws | lauwers | — | |