Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fluhtiz

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸlux.tiz/

Etymology 1

From *fleuganą (“to fly”) +‎ *-þiz.

Noun

*fluhtiz f

act of flying, flight

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *fluhtiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fluhtiz	*fluhtīz
vocative	*fluhti	*fluhtīz
accusative	*fluhtį	*fluhtinz
genitive	*fluhtīz	*fluhtijǫ̂
dative	*fluhtī	*fluhtimaz
instrumental	*fluhtī	*fluhtimiz

Descendants

Old English: flyht
- Middle English: fliht, flight, flyght
  - Scots: flycht, flicht
  - English: flight
Old Saxon: *fluht
- Middle Low German: vlucht
  - Low German: Flugt
  - German: Flucht (“suite”)
  - Danish: flygt
  - Swedish: flykt
Old Dutch: *fluht
- Middle Dutch: vlucht
  - Dutch: vlucht
    - Afrikaans: vlug
Old High German: *fluht
- Middle High German: *vluht (possibly attested; northern)
  - Luxembourgish: Fliicht (“wing”)

Etymology 2

From *fleuhaną (“to flee”) +‎ *-þiz.

Noun

*fluhtiz f

act of fleeing, escape

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *fluhtiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fluhtiz	*fluhtīz
vocative	*fluhti	*fluhtīz
accusative	*fluhtį	*fluhtinz
genitive	*fluhtīz	*fluhtijǫ̂
dative	*fluhtī	*fluhtimaz
instrumental	*fluhtī	*fluhtimiz

Descendants

Old English: *flyht
- Middle English: flight, flyght
  - Scots: flycht, flicht
  - English: flight
Old Frisian: flecht
- Saterland Frisian: Fljucht, Flucht
- West Frisian: flecht
Old Saxon: *fluht
- Middle Low German: vlucht
  - Low German: Flugt
  - Danish: flygt
  - Swedish: flykt
Old Dutch: fluht
- Middle Dutch: vlucht
  - Dutch: vlucht
    - Afrikaans: vlug
Old High German: fluht
- Middle High German: vluht
  - German: Flucht

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