Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flahsą

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 *pleḱ- (“to fold, plait, weave”).

Noun

*flahsą n

1. flax

   Synonyms: *hazwaz, *līną

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *flahsą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*flahsą	*flahsō
vocative	*flahsą	*flahsō
accusative	*flahsą	*flahsō
genitive	*flahsas, *flahsis	*flahsǫ̂
dative	*flahsai	*flahsamaz
instrumental	*flahsō	*flahsamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *flahs
  • Old English: fleax, flæx, flex
    • Middle English: flax, fflex, flaxe, flex, flexe, vlex
      • English: flax
  • Old Frisian: flax
    • Saterland Frisian: Floaks
    • West Frisian: flaaks
  • Old Saxon: flahs
    • Middle Low German: flas, vlas
      • German Low German: Flass
      • Low German: Flass
      • Plautdietsch: Flauss
  • Old Dutch: flahs, flas
    • Middle Dutch: vlas
      • Dutch: vlas
        • Afrikaans: vlas
  • Old High German: flahs
    • Middle High German: vlahs
      • German: Flachs
      • Luxembourgish: Fluess
      • Rhine Franconian: Flaas, Flas, Flachs
      • Vilamovian: fłaoks