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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flugjaz

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

From *fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (to fly).

Adjective

*flugjaz

  1. (of a bird) Having feathers, fledged.

Declension


Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *flugi
    • Old English: *flyċġ, *flyċġe
    • Old Frisian: *flugge
      • West Frisian: fluch
    • Old Saxon: *fluggi
    • Old Dutch: *fluggi
    • Old High German: flucki, flucchi
  • Old Norse: *flyggr, fleygr (< *flaugijaz)

References

  • Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*fluʒjan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 108
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*flugi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 148
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