Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flintastain

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 *flint (“flint”) +‎ *stain (“stone”).

Noun

*flintastain m

1. pebble
2. flintstone, flint

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*flintastain
Genitive	*flintastainas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*flintastain	*flintastainō, *flintastainōs
Accusative	*flintastain	*flintastainā
Genitive	*flintastainas	*flintastainō
Dative	*flintastainē	*flintastainum
Instrumental	*flintastainu	*flintastainum

Descendants

• Old English: *flintstān
  • Middle English: flynt ston, fflyntstone, flynston, flynt-stane, flyntstone, flynt stoone
    • English: flintstone
    • Scots: flynt-stane
• Old Saxon: *flintstēn
  • Middle Low German: vlintstēn, vlintstein
• Old High German: flinsstein
  • Middle High German: vlinsstein, vlinstein, flinsstein, flinstein
    • → Middle Low German: vlinsstēn, vlinsstein