Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flaumaz

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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *plowmos, from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to sail”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸlɑu̯.mɑz/

Noun

*flaumaz m

stream; current; flow
Synonym: *straumaz
flood
Synonyms: *agraz, *flōduz
eddy
din, noise; commotion, tumult
joy, glee, mirth

Inflection

Declension of *flaumaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*flaumaz	flaumōz, flaumōs
vocative	*flaum	flaumōz, flaumōs
accusative	*flaumą	*flaumanz
genitive	flaumas, flaumis	*flaumǫ̂
dative	*flaumai	*flaumamaz
instrumental	*flaumō	*flaumamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *flaum
- Old English: flēam
  - Middle English: flem, fleem, fleme, flæm, fleam, vlem (Early Middle English)
    - English: fleam (dialectal)
    - Scots: fleem
- Old Frisian: *flām; (*flēna, fleina)
  - ⇒ Old Frisian: flāmisk, flāmsk
    - → Old Dutch: *flāmisk
      - Middle Dutch: vlaemsch, vleemsch
        Dutch: Vlaams
        
        West Flemish: Vlemsch, Vloms (hypercorrection?)
      - → Middle High German: vlæmisch
        German: flämisch
    - → Old English: flēmisċ
      - Middle English: flemmish
        English: Flemish
- Old High German: *floum
  - ⇒ Old High German: weraltfloum
Old Norse: flaumr
- Icelandic: flaumur
- Faroese: floymur
- Norwegian Bokmål: flom
- Norwegian Nynorsk: flaum

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN