Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flintastain

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

From *flint (“flint”) +‎ *stain (“stone”).

Noun

*flintastain m

pebble
flintstone, flint

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*flintastain
Genitive	*flintastainas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*flintastain	flintastainō, flintastainōs
Accusative	*flintastain	*flintastainā
Genitive	*flintastainas	*flintastainō
Dative	*flintastainē	*flintastainum
Instrumental	*flintastainu	*flintastainum

Descendants

Old English: *flintstān
- Middle English: flynt ston, fflyntstone, flynston, flynt-stane, flyntstone, flynt stoone
  - English: flintstone
  - Scots: flynt-stane
Old Saxon: *flintstēn
- Middle Low German: vlintstēn, vlintstein
Old High German: flinsstein
- Middle High German: vlinsstein, vlinstein, flinsstein, flinstein
  - → Middle Low German: vlinsstēn, vlinsstein

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