Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flawją

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 pre-Germanic *plowyom, from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to sail, flow”). Cognate to Ancient Greek πλοῖον (ploîon, “floating vessel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸlɑw.jɑ̃/

Noun

*flawją n

1. ship, vessel

Inflection

neuter ja-stemDeclension of *flawją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*flawją	*flawjō
vocative	*flawją	*flawjō
accusative	*flawją	*flawjō
genitive	*flawjas, *flawis	*flawjǫ̂
dative	*flawjai	*flawjamaz
instrumental	*flawjō	*flawjamiz

Descendants

• Old Norse: fley
  • Icelandic: fley
  • Faroese: floy
  • → Old English: flōeġe
• → Proto-Finnic: *laiva

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN