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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flaumaz

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 Pre-Germanic *plowmos, from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to sail”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɸlɑu̯.mɑz/

Noun

*flaumaz m

  1. stream; current
  2. flood
  3. eddy

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *flaumaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *flaumaz *flaumōz, *flaumōs
vocative *flaum *flaumōz, *flaumōs
accusative *flaumą *flaumanz
genitive *flaumas, *flaumis *flaumǫ̂
dative *flaumai *flaumamaz
instrumental *flaumō *flaumamiz

Descendants
  • Old English: flēam
    • Middle English: flem, fleem
      • Scots: fleem
      • English: fleam (dialectal)
  • Old Frisian: *flām; flāmisk, flāmsk; (*flēna, fleina)
    • Old Dutch: (*flāmisk)
      • Middle Dutch: (vlaemsch, vleemsch)
        • Dutch: (Vlaams)
        • West Flemish: (Vlemsch, Vloms (hypercorrection?))
  • Old High German: floum (in woroltfloum)
    • Middle High German: *floum
      • German: Flaum (dialectal)
  • Old Norse: flaumr

References
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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