Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flōraz

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

Alternative forms

*flōruz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂ros (“floor”), from *pleh₂- (“flat”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *ɸlārom.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸlɔː.rɑz/

Noun

*flōraz m

ground
Synonym: *grunduz
floor
Synonym: *gulbą

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *flōraz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*flōraz	flōrōz, flōrōs
vocative	*flōr	flōrōz, flōrōs
accusative	*flōrą	*flōranz
genitive	flōras, flōris	*flōrǫ̂
dative	*flōrai	*flōramaz
instrumental	*flōrō	*flōramiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *flōr
- Old English: flōr (< *flōruz)
  - Middle English: flor
    - English: floor
    - Scots: flure, fluir, fleur, fleer
- Old Frisian: *flōr; *flēr (< *flōriz, *flōrijaz)
  - Saterland Frisian: Floor
  - West Frisian: flier
- Old Saxon: *flōr
  - Middle Low German: vlôr
    - German Low German: Floor
- Old Dutch: *fluor, *flōr
  - Middle Dutch: vloer
    - Dutch: vloer
      - Afrikaans: vloer
      - Berbice Creole Dutch: fluru
      - Negerhollands: vloer, vluer, flu
      - → Sranan Tongo: flur
        → Caribbean Javanese: felur, pelur
- Old High German: *fluor
  - Middle High German: vluor
    - German: Flur
    - Luxembourgish: Flouer
- → Old French: *flor, *flur
  - Middle French: fleur (“surface, upper side, top layer”)
    - French: fleur (some senses)
      - ⇒ French: à fleur de
    - ⇒ French: effleurer (some senses)
Old Norse: flórr
- Icelandic: flór
- Faroese: flórur
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: flor
- Swedish: flo (also flor)
- Danish: flor (obsolete except in Bornholmian)

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