Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flōduz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pléh₃tus (“overflow, deluge”), from the root *pleh₃(w)- (“to flow, run”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸlɔː.ðuz/

Noun

*flōduz m

river
Synonyms: *ahwō, *albī, *fleutą, *rīþaz, *straumaz
flood
Synonyms: *agraz, *flaumaz

Declension

u-stemDeclension of *flōduz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*flōduz	*flōdiwiz
vocative	*flōdu	*flōdiwiz
accusative	*flōdų	*flōdunz
genitive	*flōdauz	*flōdiwǫ̂
dative	*flōdiwi	*flōdumaz
instrumental	*flōdū	*flōdumiz

Derived terms

*flōdijaną

Related terms

*flōaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *flōdu
- Old English: flōd, ᚠᛚᚩᛞᚢ (flódu)
  - Middle English: flod, flood, floode, flode, flowt, fflood, fflode, vlode
    - English: flood
    - Scots: fluid, flude
  - → Anglo-Latin: flōdus [13th c.] (England)
- Old Frisian: flōd
  - North Frisian: floth
  - Saterland Frisian: Floud
  - West Frisian: floed
- Old Saxon: flōd
  - Middle Low German: vlôt
    - German Low German: Flood
- Old Dutch: fluod
  - Middle Dutch: vloet
    - Dutch: vloed
      - Afrikaans: vloed
      - Berbice Creole Dutch: flutu
      - Javindo: floed
    - Limburgish: vlood
- Old High German: fluot
  - Middle High German: vluot
    - Cimbrian: fluut
    - German: Flut
- → Vulgar Latin: *flōtus (see there for further descendants)
Old Norse: flóð n
- Icelandic: flóð
- Faroese: flóð
- Norwegian: flod
- Old Swedish: flōþ
  - Swedish: flod
- Old Danish: floth
  - Danish: flod
Gothic: 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (flōdus)
→ Proto-Finnic: *loodëh (see there for further descendants)

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