Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fleutą

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 Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (“to flow, run”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸleu̯.tɑ̃/

Noun

*fleutą n^[1]

river, stream
Synonyms: *albī, *flaumaz, *flōduz, *rīþaz, *straumaz

Inflection

Declension of *fleutą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fleutą	*fleutō
vocative	*fleutą	*fleutō
accusative	*fleutą	*fleutō
genitive	fleutas, fliutis	*fleutǫ̂
dative	*fleutai	*fleutamaz
instrumental	*fleutō	*fleutamiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *fleut
- Old English: flēot, flēote, flīet
  - Middle English: fleet, floot, flete
    - English: fleet, floot, flote, flete
    - Scots: flete, fleit, flet, flat
- Old Frisian: fliāt
  - Saterland Frisian: Floot
  - West Frisian: flit
- Old Saxon: fliot
  - Middle Low German: vlêt
    - German Low German: Fleet
    - → German: Fleet
- Old Dutch: fliet
  - Middle Dutch: vliet
    - Dutch: vliet
      - Afrikaans: vliet
- Old High German: flioz
  - Middle High German: vliez
    - German: Fließ (regional)
Old Norse: fljót
- Icelandic: fljót
- Faroese: fljót, flót
- Old Swedish: flȳt, fliūt
  - Swedish: fljut, flyt
- Danish: flyd
- Norwegian: flyt
- Gutnish: fliaut, flaut
- Dalian:
  - Mora: fljot
  - Elfdalian: fliuot

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fleuta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 146-147

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fleuta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 146-147

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