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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flōaną

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

Possibly from a pre-form *plōw-, the lengthened o-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *plew-.[1] Alternatively from *pleh₃-.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸlɔː.ɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*flōaną

  1. to flow

Inflection

Descendants

  • Old English: flōwan
  • Old Frisian: *flōja
    • Saterland Frisian flouje
    • West Frisian: floeie
  • Old Saxon: *flōian
    • Middle Low German: vlôien, vlôigen, vlôgen
      • Low German: floien, flojen
  • Old Dutch: *fluoien
  • Old High German: flouwen, flawjan, flawen, flewen
    • Middle High German: flæjen, vlæjen, vlæen, vlæn
  • Old Norse: flóa
    • Icelandic: flóa
    • Norwegian: flo

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
  2. Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), vloeien”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
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