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This Proto-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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Derived from a lost verb *flahaną (“to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂g-, *pleh₂k- (“to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to beat, push, drive”).
Noun
*flagǭ f
- a blow, hit, punch
Inflection
Declension of *flagǭ (ōn-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*flagǭ
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*flagōniz
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| vocative
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*flagǭ
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*flagōniz
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| accusative
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*flagōnų
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*flagōnunz
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| genitive
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*flagōniz
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*flagōnǫ̂
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| dative
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*flagōni
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*flagōmaz
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| instrumental
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*flagōnē
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*flagōmiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *flagā
- Old Frisian: *flage
- Saterland Frisian: Floage
- West Frisian: fleach
- Old Saxon: *flaga
- Middle Low German: flāge, vlāge
- German Low German: Flage, Flaag
- → Middle High German: flāge, vlāge, phlāge
- Old Dutch: *flaga
- Middle Dutch: vlage, vlaghe, vlaech
- Dutch: vlaag
- → Middle English: *flaugh (alternatively from Low German or Old Norse)
- Old Norse: flaga