Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flōduz

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 *plóh₃tus (“overflow, deluge”), from the root *pleh₃(w)- (“to flow, run”). Synchronically analyzed as a tu-stem nominal formation from *flōaną (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸlɔː.ðuz/

Noun

*flōduz m

1. river

   Synonyms: *ahwō, *albī, *fleutą, *rīþaz, *straumaz

2. flood

   Synonyms: *agraz, *flaumaz

Declension

u-stemDeclension of *flōduz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*flōduz	*flōdiwiz
vocative	*flōdu	*flōdiwiz
accusative	*flōdų	*flōdunz
genitive	*flōdauz	*flōdiwǫ̂
dative	*flōdiwi	*flōdumaz
instrumental	*flōdū	*flōdumiz

Derived terms

• *flōdijaną

Related terms

• *flōaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *flōdu
  • Old English: flōd, ᚠᛚᚩᛞᚢ (flódu) — Runic
    • Middle English: flod, flood, floode, flode, flowt, fflood, fflode, vlode
      • English: flood
      • Scots: fluid, flude
    • → Anglo-Latin: flōdus [13th c.] (England)
  • Old Frisian: flōd
    • North Frisian: floth
    • Saterland Frisian: Floud
    • West Frisian: floed
  • Old Saxon: flōd
    • Middle Low German: vlôt
      • German Low German: Flood
  • Old Dutch: fluod
    • Middle Dutch: vloet
      • Dutch: vloed
        • Afrikaans: vloed
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: flutu
        • Javindo: floed
      • Limburgish: vlood
  • Old High German: fluot
    • Middle High German: vluot
      • Cimbrian: fluut
      • German: Flut
  • → Vulgar Latin: *flōtus (see there for further descendants)
• Old Norse: flóð n
  • Icelandic: flóð
  • Faroese: flóð
  • Norwegian: flod
  • Old Swedish: flōþ
    • Swedish: flod
  • Old Danish: floth
    • Danish: flod
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (flōdus)
• → Proto-Finnic: *loodëh (see there for further descendants)