Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flagā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flagǭ.

Noun

*flagā f

1. blow, strike, pounding

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*flagā
Genitive	*flagōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*flagā	*flagōn
Accusative	*flagōn	*flagōn
Genitive	*flagōn	*flagōnō
Dative	*flagōn	*flagōm, *flagum
Instrumental	*flagōn	*flagōm, *flagum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *flage
  • Saterland Frisian: Floage
  • West Frisian: fleach
• Old Saxon: *flaga
  • Middle Low German: flāge, vlāge
    • German Low German: Flage, Flaag
    • → Middle High German: flāge, vlāge, phlāge
• Old Dutch: *flaga
  • Middle Dutch: vlage, vlaghe, vlaech
    • Dutch: vlaag
    • → Middle English: *flaugh (alternatively from Low German or Old Norse)
      • English: flaw
      • Scots: flaw