Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fluhti

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *plew-

Proto-Indo-European *plewk-der.

Proto-Germanic *fleuganą

Proto-West Germanic *fleugan

Proto-West Germanic *-þi

Proto-West Germanic *fluhti

From *fleugan (“to fly”) +‎ *-þi.

Noun

*fluhti f

act of flying, flight

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fluhti
Genitive	*fluhtī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fluhti	*fluhtī
Accusative	*fluhti	*fluhtī
Genitive	*fluhtī	*fluhtijō
Dative	*fluhtī	fluhtim, fluhtijum
Instrumental	*fluhtī	fluhtim, fluhtijum

Descendants

Old English: flyht
- Middle English: flight, flyght
  - English: flight
  - Scots: flycht, flicht
Old Saxon: *fluht
- Middle Low German: vlucht
  - Low German: Flugt
  - → Danish: flugt
  - → German: Flucht (“suite”)
  - → Swedish: flykt
Old Dutch: *fluht
- Middle Dutch: vlucht
  - Dutch: vlucht
    - Afrikaans: vlug
  - Limburgish: vlöch
Old High German: *fluht
- Middle High German: *vluht (possibly attested; northern)
  - Luxembourgish: Fliicht (“wing”)

Etymology 2

From *fleuhan (“to flee”) +‎ *-þi.

Noun

*fluhti f

act of fleeing, escape

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fluhti
Genitive	*fluhtī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fluhti	*fluhtī
Accusative	*fluhti	*fluhtī
Genitive	*fluhtī	*fluhtijō
Dative	*fluhtī	fluhtim, fluhtijum
Instrumental	*fluhtī	fluhtim, fluhtijum

Descendants

Old English: *flyht
- Middle English: flight, flyght
  - Scots: flycht, flicht
  - English: flight
Old Frisian: flecht
- Saterland Frisian: Fljucht, Flucht
- West Frisian: flecht
Old Saxon: *fluht
- Middle Low German: vlucht
  - Low German: Flugt
  - → Danish: flugt
  - → Swedish: flykt
Old Dutch: fluht
- Middle Dutch: vlucht
  - Dutch: vlucht
    - Afrikaans: vlug
Old High German: fluht
- Middle High German: vluht
  - German: Flucht