Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fleuhan

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *fleuhaną.

Verb edit

*fleuhan[1]

  1. to flee

Inflection edit

Strong class 2
Infinitive *fleuhan
1st sg. past *flauh
3rd pl. past *flugun
Past ptcple *flogan
Infinitive *fleuhan
Genitive infin. *fleuhannjas
Dative infin. *fleuhannjē
Instrum. infin. *fleuhannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *fleuhu *flauh
2nd singular *fliuhiʀi *flugī
3rd singular *fliuhidi *flauh
1st plural *fleuhum *flugum
2nd plural *fliuhid *flugud
3rd plural *fleuhand *flugun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *fleuhē *flugī
2nd singular *fleuhēs *flugī
3rd singular *fleuhē *flugī
1st plural *fleuhēm *flugīm
2nd plural *fleuhēþ *flugīd
3rd plural *fleuhēn *flugīn
Imperative Present
Singular *fliuh
Plural *fliuhid
Present Past
Participle *fleuhandī *flogan

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Old English: flēon
    • Middle English: flēn
  • Old Frisian: fliā
  • Old Saxon: fliohan
  • Old Dutch: flian
  • Old High German: fliohan

References edit

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 315:PWGmc *fleuhan