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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fleugan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fleuganą.
Verb
*fleugan[1]
- to fly
Inflection
| Class 2 strong | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *fleugan | |
| 1st sg. past | *flaug | |
| 3rd pl. past | *flugun | |
| Past ptcple | *flogan | |
| Infinitive | *fleugan | |
| Genitive infin. | *fleugannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *fleugannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *fleugannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *fleugu | *flaug |
| 2nd singular | *fliugiʀi | *flugī |
| 3rd singular | *fliugidi | *flaug |
| 1st plural | *fleugum | *flugum |
| 2nd plural | *fliugid | *flugud |
| 3rd plural | *fleugand | *flugun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *fleugē | *flugī |
| 2nd singular | *fleugēs | *flugī |
| 3rd singular | *fleugē | *flugī |
| 1st plural | *fleugēm | *flugīm |
| 2nd plural | *fleugēþ | *flugīd |
| 3rd plural | *fleugēn | *flugīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *fleug | |
| Plural | *fliugid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *fleugandī | *flogan |
Descendants
- Old English: flēogan
- Middle English: flien
- Scots: fle
- English: fly
- Yola: vlee
- Middle English: flien
- Old Frisian: fliāga
- West Frisian: fleane
- Saterland Frisian: fljooge
- Old Saxon: fliogan
- Middle Low German: vlêgen
- Low German: flegen
- Plautdietsch: fläje
- Middle Low German: vlêgen
- Old Dutch: fliegan
- Middle Dutch: vliegen
- Dutch: vliegen
- Limburgish: vlege
- Middle Dutch: vliegen
- Old High German: fliogan
- Middle High German: vliegen
- Central Franconian: fleeje
- German: fliegen
- Luxembourgish: fléien
- Yiddish: פֿליִען (flien)
- Middle High German: vliegen
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130: “PWGmc *fleugan”