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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flaugijaną

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸlɑu̯.ɣi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

From *fleuganą (to fly) + *-janą.

Verb

*flaugijaną

  1. to cause to fly, let fly
Inflection
Descendants
  • Old Norse: fleygja
    • Icelandic: fleygja
    • Faroese: floyggja
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: fløygje, fløygja
    • Old Swedish: flø̄ghia
      • Swedish: flöja
  • Gothic: *𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*flaugjan), possibly attested once in 𐌿𐍃𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹 (usflaugidai), alternative reading of 𐌿𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌿𐌲𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹 (uswalugidai)
  • Proto-Finnic: *laugëldak (see there for further descendants)
References
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Etymology 2

From *fleuhaną (to flee) + *-janą.

Verb

*flaugijaną

  1. to make flee, put to flight, drive away
Inflection
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *flaugijan
    • Old Dutch: *flōgen
    • Old High German: *flougen
      • Middle High German: vlougen, flougen
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