Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fleugǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸleu̯.ɣɔ̃ː/

Noun

*fleugǭ f

flying insect, fly

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *fleugǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fleugǭ	*fleugōniz
vocative	*fleugǭ	*fleugōniz
accusative	*fleugōnų	*fleugōnunz
genitive	*fleugōniz	*fleugōnǫ̂
dative	*fleugōni	*fleugōmaz
instrumental	*fleugōnē	*fleugōmiz

Derived terms

*fliugijǭ

Related terms

*flugǭ

Descendants

Old English: flēoġe, flēge, flīeġe, *flȳġe (< *fliugijǭ)
- Middle English: flye, fleie, fleye, fleȝe, flei, fley, fflye, vlye, fliȝe, vliȝe, flie
  - English: fly
  - Scots: flee, fle, flei
Old Frisian: *fliāge
- Saterland Frisian: Fljooge
Old Saxon: flioga, fliega
- Middle Low German: vlēge
  - German Low German: Fleeg
  - Plautdietsch: Fläj
Old Dutch: fliega
- Middle Dutch: vlieghe
  - Dutch: vlieg
    - Afrikaans: vlieg
  - Limburgish: vleeg
Old High German: flioga, fliuga (< *fliugijǭ)
- Middle High German: vliege, fliuge
  - Alemannic German: Flüüge
  - Bavarian: Fluig
    Cimbrian: blòiga
  - German: Fliege, Fleug
  - Luxembourgish: Fléi
  - Yiddish: פֿליג‎ (flig)
Old Norse: *fljúga
- Norwegian: fliuga, fljuge

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 835–837
Watkins, Calvert (1985), “pleu-”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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