Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flōraz

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

Alternative forms

• *flōruz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂ros (“floor”), from *pleh₂- (“flat”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *ɸlārom (“floor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸlɔː.rɑz/

Noun

*flōraz m

1. ground

   Synonym: *grunduz

2. floor

   Synonym: *gulbą

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *flōraz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*flōraz	*flōrōz, *flōrōs
vocative	*flōr	*flōrōz, *flōrōs
accusative	*flōrą	*flōranz
genitive	*flōras, *flōris	*flōrǫ̂
dative	*flōrai	*flōramaz
instrumental	*flōrō	*flōramiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *flōr
  • Old English: flōr (< *flōruz)
    • Middle English: flor
      • English: floor
      • Scots: flure, fluir, fleur, fleer
  • Old Frisian: *flōr; *flēr (< *flōriz, *flōrijaz)
    • Saterland Frisian: Floor (likely borrowed from Low German)
    • West Frisian: flier
  • Old Saxon: *flōr
    • Middle Low German: vlôr
      • German Low German: Floor
  • Old Dutch: *fluor, *flōr
    • Middle Dutch: vloer
      • Dutch: vloer
        • Afrikaans: vloer
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: fluru
        • Negerhollands: vloer, vluer, flu
        • → Sranan Tongo: flur
          • → Caribbean Javanese: felur, pelur
  • Old High German: *fluor
    • Middle High German: vluor
      • German: Flur
      • Luxembourgish: Flouer
  • → Old French: *flor, *flur
    • Middle French: fleur (“surface, upper side, top layer”)
      • French: fleur (some senses)
        • ⇒ French: à fleur de
      • ⇒ French: effleurer (some senses)
• Old Norse: flórr
  • Icelandic: flór
  • Faroese: flórur
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: flor
  • Swedish: flo (also flor)
  • Danish: flor (obsolete except in Bornholmian)