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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flaumaz

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 *plowmos, from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (to sail).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸlɑu̯.mɑz/

Noun

*flaumaz m

  1. stream; current; flow
    Synonym: *straumaz
  2. flood
    Synonyms: *agraz, *flōduz
  3. eddy
  4. din, noise; commotion, tumult
  5. joy, glee, mirth

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

  • Proto-West Germanic: *flaum
    • Old English: flēam
    • Old Frisian: *flām; (*flēna, fleina)
      • Old Frisian: flāmisk, flāmsk
        • Old Dutch: *flāmisk
          • Middle Dutch: vlaemsch, vleemsch
            • Dutch: Vlaams
            • West Flemish: Vlemsch, Vloms (hypercorrection?)
          • Middle High German: vlæmisch
        • Old English: flēmisċ
          • Middle English: flemmish
    • Old High German: *floum
      • Old High German: weraltfloum
  • Old Norse: flaumr
    • Icelandic: flaumur
    • Faroese: floymur
    • Norwegian Bokmål: flom
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: flaum

References

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