Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flōaną
Appearance
Proto-Germanic
[edit]Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from a pre-form *plōw-, the lengthened o-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to flow, swim”) or perhaps *pleh₃(w)-.[2] Alternatively, from *pleh₃-,[3]
Kroonen explains the alternation between -w- (in Anglo-Saxon) and -j- (in Low German) as a result of hiatus after the regular loss of *u after *ō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]*flōaną[2]
- to flow
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *flōaną (strong class 7e)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *flōan
- Old Norse: flóa
References
[edit]- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “flōwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 108
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*flōan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 147
- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “vloeien”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[3] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press