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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fleutan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fleutaną.
Verb
*fleutan
- to float
- to stream
Inflection
| Strong class 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *fleutan | |
| 1st sg. past | *flaut | |
| 3rd pl. past | *flutun | |
| Past ptcple | *flotan | |
| Infinitive | *fleutan | |
| Genitive infin. | *fleutannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *fleutannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *fleutannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *fleutu | *flaut |
| 2nd singular | *fliutiʀi | *flutī |
| 3rd singular | *fliutidi | *flaut |
| 1st plural | *fleutum | *flutum |
| 2nd plural | *fliutid | *flutud |
| 3rd plural | *fleutand | *flutun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *fleutē | *flutī |
| 2nd singular | *fleutēs | *flutī |
| 3rd singular | *fleutē | *flutī |
| 1st plural | *fleutēm | *flutīm |
| 2nd plural | *fleutēþ | *flutīd |
| 3rd plural | *fleutēn | *flutīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *fleut | |
| Plural | *fliutid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *fleutandī | *flotan |
Descendants
- Old English: flēotan
- Middle English: fleten
- English: fleet
- Scots: flete, fleit
- Middle English: fleten
- Old Frisian: fliāta
- Saterland Frisian: fljoote
- Old Saxon: fliotan
- Middle Low German: vlêten
- Old Dutch: flietan
- Middle Dutch: vlieten
- Dutch: vlieten
- Middle Dutch: vlieten
- Old High German: fliozan
- Middle High German: vliezen
- German: fließen
- Luxembourgish: fléissen
- Middle High German: vliezen