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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flahaną
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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 Pre-Germanic *plok-. Kroonen connects with Ancient Greek πλάξ (pláx, “plane, plain, something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”), sharing several Germanic cognates with Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”); more at English flake.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸlɑ.xɑ.nɑ̃/
Inflection
Conjugation of *flahaną (strong class 6)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *flahō | *flahaų | — | *flahai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *flahizi | *flahaiz | *flah | *flahazai | *flahaizau |
| 3rd singular | *flahidi | *flahai | *flahadau | *flahadai | *flahaidau |
| 1st dual | *flahōz | *flahaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *flahadiz | *flahaidiz | *flahadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *flahamaz | *flahaim | — | *flahandai | *flahaindau |
| 2nd plural | *flahid | *flahaid | *flahid | *flahandai | *flahaindau |
| 3rd plural | *flahandi | *flahain | *flahandau | *flahandai | *flahaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *flōh | *flōgį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *flōht | *flōgīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *flōh | *flōgī | |||
| 1st dual | *flōgū | *flōgīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *flōgudiz | *flōgīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *flōgum | *flōgīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *flōgud | *flōgīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *flōgun | *flōgīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *flahandz | *flaganaz | |||
Descendants
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*flahan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 143
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*flaxanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 104
- Seebold, Elmar (1970) “FLAH-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 198
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