Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flutą

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flutą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 earlier *pludom, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (“to fly; flow; run”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸlu.tɑ̃/

Noun

*flutą n

1. A body or mass of water.
2. The movement of water; flowing.

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *flutą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*flutą	*flutō
vocative	*flutą	*flutō
accusative	*flutą	*flutō
genitive	*flutas, *flutis	*flutǫ̂
dative	*flutai	*flutamaz
instrumental	*flutō	*flutamiz

Related terms

• *fleutaną
• *flutōną
• *flutô

Descendants

• Old English: flot n
  • Middle English: (flote) (conflated with Old English flota, from *flutô)
    • English: (float)
    • Scots: (flote, flot)
• Old Frisian: [Term?]

• Old Saxon: [Term?]
  • Middle Low German: [Term?]
    • Plautdietsch: Floot
• Old Dutch: *flot n
  • Middle Dutch: vlot
    • Dutch: vlot
• Old High German: fluʒ m
  • Middle High German: vluʒ
    • German: Fluss
      • → Saterland Frisian: Flüüs
    • Luxembourgish: Floss
    • Vilamovian: fłūs