Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flahs
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *flahsą.
Noun
[edit]*flahs n[1]
Inflection
[edit]| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *flahs | |
| Genitive | *flahsas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *flahs | *flahsu |
| Accusative | *flahs | *flahsu |
| Genitive | *flahsas | *flahsō |
| Dative | *flahsē | *flahsum |
| Instrumental | *flahsu | *flahsum |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: fleax, flæx, flex
- Old Frisian: flax
- Old Saxon: flahs
- Old Dutch: flahs, flas
- Old High German: flahs
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 176: “PWGmc *flahs”