Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flōdijan

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 Proto-Germanic *flōdijaną. Equivalent to *flōdu (“flood”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*flōdijan

to flood

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*flōdijan
1st sg. past	*flōdidā
Infinitive	*flōdijan
Genitive infin.	*flōdijannjas
Dative infin.	*flōdijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*flōdijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*flōdiju	*flōdidā
2nd singular	*flōdisi	flōdidēs, flōdidōs
3rd singular	*flōdiþi	flōdidē, flōdidā
1st plural	*flōdijum	*flōdidum
2nd plural	*flōdiþ	*flōdidud
3rd plural	*flōdijanþ	*flōdidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*flōdijē	*flōdidī
2nd singular	*flōdijēs	*flōdidī
3rd singular	*flōdijē	*flōdidī
1st plural	*flōdijēm	*flōdidīm
2nd plural	*flōdijēþ	*flōdidīd
3rd plural	*flōdijēn	*flōdidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*flōdi
Plural	*flōdiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*flōdijandī	*flōdid

Descendants

Old English: *flēdan
- Middle English: fleden
  - Northern Scots: fleed
Old Saxon: *flōdian
- Middle Low German: vlôden, vlö̂den
  - German Low German: floden
Old Dutch: *fluoden
- Middle Dutch: vloeden
  - Dutch: vloeden (nonstandard)
Old High German: *fluoten
- Middle High German: fluoten, vluoten, vlüeten
  - German: fluten