Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fleugǭ

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

Nominal formation from *fleuganą (“to fly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸleu̯.ɣɔ̃ː/

Noun

*fleugǭ f

1. flying insect, fly

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *fleugǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fleugǭ	*fleugōniz
vocative	*fleugǭ	*fleugōniz
accusative	*fleugōnų	*fleugōnunz
genitive	*fleugōniz	*fleugōnǫ̂
dative	*fleugōni	*fleugōmaz
instrumental	*fleugōnē	*fleugōmiz

Derived terms

• *fliugijǭ

Related terms

• *flugǭ

Descendants

• Old English: flēoge, flēge, flīeġe
  • Middle English: flye, fflye, fleȝe, flei, fleie, fley, fleye, flie, fliȝe, vliȝe, vlye
    • English: fly
    • Scots: flee, fle, flei
• Old Frisian: *fliāge
  • Saterland Frisian: Fljooge
• Old Saxon: flioga, fliega
  • Middle Low German: vlēge
    • German Low German: Fleeg
    • Plautdietsch: Fläj
• Old Dutch: fliega
  • Middle Dutch: vlieghe
    • Dutch: vlieg
      • Afrikaans: vlieg
      • Negerhollands: vliegi, fligi
        • → Virgin Islands Creole: fligi (dated)
    • Limburgish: vleeg
• Old High German: flioga, fliuga (< *fliugijǭ)
  • Middle High German: vliege, fliuge
    • Alemannic German: Flüüge
    • Bavarian: Fluig

      Cimbrian: blòiga

    • German: Fliege, Fleug
    • Luxembourgish: Fléi
    • Vilamovian: fłig
    • Yiddish: פֿליג (flig)
• Old Norse: *fljúga
  • Faroese: fljúga
  • Norwegian: fliuga, fljuge

Further reading

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “835–837”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 835–837
• Watkins, Calvert (1985) “pleu-”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt