Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fleutą

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 *plewd- (“to flow, run”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸleu̯.tɑ̃/

Noun

*fleutą n

1. river, stream

   Synonyms: *albī, *flaumaz, *flōduz, *rīþaz, *straumaz

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *fleutą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fleutą	*fleutō
vocative	*fleutą	*fleutō
accusative	*fleutą	*fleutō
genitive	*fleutas, *fliutis	*fleutǫ̂
dative	*fleutai	*fleutamaz
instrumental	*fleutō	*fleutamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fleut
  • Old English: flēot
    • Middle English: fleet, floot, flete
      • English: fleet, floot, flote, flete
      • Scots: flete, fleit, flet, flat
  • Old Frisian: fliāt
    • Saterland Frisian: Floot
    • West Frisian: flit
  • Old Saxon: fliot
    • Middle Low German: vlêt
      • German Low German: Fleet
      • → German: Fleet
  • Old Dutch: fliet
    • Middle Dutch: vliet
      • Dutch: vliet
        • Afrikaans: vliet
  • Old High German: flioz
    • Middle High German: vliez
      • German: Fließ (regional)
• Old Norse: fljót
  • Icelandic: fljót
  • Faroese: fljót, flót
  • Old Swedish: flȳt, fliūt
    • Swedish: fljut, flyt
  • Danish: flyd
  • Norwegian: flyt
  • Gutnish: fliaut, flaut
  • Dalian:
    • Mora: fljot
    • Elfdalian: fliuot

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