Reconstruction:Old Dutch/flaga

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *flagā, from Proto-Germanic *flagǭ.

Noun

*flaga f

1. blow, strike
2. gust

Inflection

Declension of *flaga (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	*flaga	*flaga, *flagon
accusative	*flaga, *flagon	*flaga, *flagon
genitive	*flagon	*flagono
dative	*flagon	*flagon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: vlage, vlaghe, vlaech
  • Dutch: vlaag
  • → Middle English: *flaugh (alternatively from Low German or Old Norse)
    • English: flaw
    • Scots: flaw