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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fliukkijā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From unattested strong verb *fleuk(k)ōn (“to fly”) +‎ *-jā, related to *fleugan (“to fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-.[1]

Noun

*fliukkijā f

  1. feather
    Synonym: *feþru
  2. arrow
    Synonyms: *angō, *arhu, *strālu

Declension
ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *fliukkijā
Genitive *fliukkijōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *fliukkijā *fliukkijōn
Accusative *fliukkijōn *fliukkijōn
Genitive *fliukkijōn *fliukkijōnō
Dative *fliukkijōn *fliukkijōm, *fliukkijum
Instrumental *fliukkijōn *fliukkijōm, *fliukkijum

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants
  • Old Saxon: fliuca, fluggia
    • Middle Low German: fleke, vlēke, flicke, fliecke, vlīke
  • Old Dutch: *fliuka, flieka
    • Middle Dutch: vlieke
      • Dutch: vliek
  • Old High German: flugga
  • → Vulgar Latin: *fleccia (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fleugan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 146
  2. Coromines, Joan (1961) “flecha”, in Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 275b
  3. Alibert, Louis (1965) “flècha”, in Dictionnaire occitan - français : d'après les parlers languedociens (in French), Toulouse: Institut d' Etudes occitanes, →ISBN
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