Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flakaz
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain, though resembling other Indo-European words meaning “flat”. If from pre-Germanic *plog- or *pleh₂g-, or from earlier *flakkaz from *plog-n- or *pleh₂k-n-, the origin could be an extended form of Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“broad, wide, flat”); compare the synonymous Proto-Germanic *flataz, possibly from *pleth₂-n-. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Kroonen considers the adjective from Proto-Indo-European *plók-o-s, also of similar formation to the roots described above, comparing Ancient Greek πλάξ (pláx, “plane, plain; flat stone, board, table”), Lithuanian plãkanas (“flat”), Latvian plakans (“idem”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]*flakaz
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *flakaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *flakaz | *flakai | *flakō | *flakôz | *flaką, -atō | *flakō |
| Accusative | *flakanǭ | *flakanz | *flakǭ | *flakōz | *flaką, -atō | *flakō |
| Genitive | *flakas, -is | *flakaizǫ̂ | *flakaizōz | *flakaizǫ̂ | *flakas, -is | *flakaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *flakammai | *flakaimaz | *flakaizōi | *flakaimaz | *flakammai | *flakaimaz |
| Instrumental | *flakanō | *flakaimiz | *flakaizō | *flakaimiz | *flakanō | *flakaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *flakô | *flakaniz | *flakǭ | *flakōniz | *flakô | *flakōnō |
| Accusative | *flakanų | *flakanunz | *flakōnų | *flakōnunz | *flakô | *flakōnō |
| Genitive | *flakiniz | *flakanǫ̂ | *flakōniz | *flakōnǫ̂ | *flakiniz | *flakanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *flakini | *flakammaz | *flakōni | *flakōmaz | *flakini | *flakammaz |
| Instrumental | *flakinē | *flakammiz | *flakōnē | *flakōmiz | *flakinē | *flakammiz |
Related terms
[edit]- *flaką (“something flat, flake”)
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *flak
- → Proto-Finnic: *lakja (< *flakją)
- → Proto-Finnic: *lakëda (nativized with *-ëda)
- Finnish: lakea
References
[edit]- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*flaka-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 143-4