Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flataz
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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]Likely cognates outside Germanic are found with *t also, e.g. Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), Lithuanian platùs, Sanskrit पृथु (pṛthú). These do not straightforwardly match the Germanic *t due to Grimm's law. Kroonen[1] proposes a derivation with a geminate, i.e. pre-Germanic *plottos, presumably from *plotnos via Kluge's law. This would make it derive from the Proto-Indo-European root *pleth₂-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]*flataz
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *flataz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *flataz | *flatai | *flatō | *flatôz | *flatą, -atō | *flatō |
| Accusative | *flatanǭ | *flatanz | *flatǭ | *flatōz | *flatą, -atō | *flatō |
| Genitive | *flatas, -is | *flataizǫ̂ | *flataizōz | *flataizǫ̂ | *flatas, -is | *flataizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *flatammai | *flataimaz | *flataizōi | *flataimaz | *flatammai | *flataimaz |
| Instrumental | *flatanō | *flataimiz | *flataizō | *flataimiz | *flatanō | *flataimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *flatô | *flataniz | *flatǭ | *flatōniz | *flatô | *flatōnō |
| Accusative | *flatanų | *flatanunz | *flatōnų | *flatōnunz | *flatô | *flatōnō |
| Genitive | *flatiniz | *flatanǫ̂ | *flatōniz | *flatōnǫ̂ | *flatiniz | *flatanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *flatini | *flatammaz | *flatōni | *flatōmaz | *flatini | *flatammaz |
| Instrumental | *flatinē | *flatammiz | *flatōnē | *flatōmiz | *flatinē | *flatammiz |
Derived terms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN