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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flauhaz
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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
Etymology
Uncertain. From Pre-Germanic *plówkos or *plówkeh₂, apparently formed from the Proto-Indo-European root *plewk-, but perhaps a folk-etymological or tabooistic[1] replacement for an earlier, extinct reflex of *pusl-, *plúsis (“flea”) (from which e.g. Latin pūlex (“flea”) and Lithuanian blusa (“flea”) derive). The reformation may have developed under the influence of *fleuhaną (“to flee”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸlɑu̯.xɑz/
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *flauhaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *flauhaz | *flauhōz, *flauhōs | |
| vocative | *flauh | *flauhōz, *flauhōs | |
| accusative | *flauhą | *flauhanz | |
| genitive | *flauhas, *flauhis | *flauhǫ̂ | |
| dative | *flauhai | *flauhamaz | |
| instrumental | *flauhō | *flauhamiz | |
Descendants
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “flauhō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 145
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*flauxs”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 105–106
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