Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flōduz

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 Proto-Indo-European *pléh₃tus (“overflow, deluge”), from the root *pleh₃(w)- (“to flow, run”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸlɔː.ðuz/

Noun

*flōduz m

river
flood

Declension

u-stemDeclension of *flōduz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*flōduz	*flōdiwiz
vocative	*flōdu	*flōdiwiz
accusative	*flōdų	*flōdunz
genitive	*flōdauz	*flōdiwǫ̂
dative	*flōdiwi	*flōdumaz
instrumental	*flōdū	*flōdumiz

Derived terms

*flōdijaną

Related terms

*flōaną

Descendants

Old English: flōd
- Middle English: flod
  - Scots: flude, fluid
  - English: flood
- → Anglo-Latin: flōdus (13th c., England)
Old Frisian: flōd
- North Frisian: floth
- Saterland Frisian: Floud
- West Frisian: floed
Old Saxon: flōd
- Middle Low German: vlōt, vloet
  - Low German: Flood
Frankish: *flōd
- Old Dutch: fluot, fluod
  - Middle Dutch: vloet
    - Dutch: vloed
      - Afrikaans: vloed
- → Vulgar Latin: *flōtus (see there for further descendants)
Old High German: fluot
- Middle High German: vluot
  - German: Flut
Old Norse: flóðr; flóð
- Icelandic: flóð
- Faroese: flóð
- Norwegian: flod
- Old Swedish: flōþ
  - Swedish: flod
- Old Danish: floth
  - Danish: flod
Gothic: 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (flōdus)