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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flētimā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin fletoma (“lancet, bistoury, fleam”), from Late Latin flebotomus, phlebotomus.[1]

Noun

*flētimā f

  1. lancet, fleam

Inflection
ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *flētimā
Genitive *flētimōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *flētimā *flētimōn
Accusative *flētimōn *flētimōn
Genitive *flētimōn *flētimōnō
Dative *flētimōn *flētimōm, *flētimum
Instrumental *flētimōn *flētimōm, *flētimum

Alternative reconstructions
  • *flītimā

Descendants
  • Old English: flītme, flȳtme
  • Old Saxon: flietma
    • Middle Low German: vlēteme, vlētem, vlētme, vlēte, vleetme, vlētene, vlētne
  • Old Dutch: flietima
  • Old High German: fliedima, fliodema, fliotema
    • Middle High German: vliedeme, fliedeme, flieteme, flietine, fliete, fleitem, fliet
      • German: Fliete, Fliede f, Flieten m

References
  1. de Vries, Jan (1971) “vlijm”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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