Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flaiski

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 Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁ḱ- (“to tear, peel off”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸlɑi̯.ski/

Noun

*flaiski n

meat, flesh

Inflection

neuter i-stemDeclension of *flaiski (neuter i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*flaiski	*flaiskī
vocative	*flaiski	*flaiskī
accusative	*flaiski	*flaiskī
genitive	*flaiskīz	*flaiskijǫ̂
dative	*flaiskī	*flaiskimaz
instrumental	*flaiskī	*flaiskimiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *flaiski
- Old English: flǣsċ
  - Middle English: flesh
    - English: flesh
    - Scots: flesch
    - Yola: vleash, vlesh
- Old Frisian: flāsk, flēsk
  - North Frisian:
    Mooring: flååsch
  - Saterland Frisian: Flaask
  - West Frisian: fleis
- Old Saxon: flēsk
  - Middle Low German: vlêsk, vlêsch, vlês
    - German Low German:
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    Low Prussian: Sauerländisch (Olpe, Wenden): Fleisch
    Märkisch (Altmärkisch), Westphalian (Bentheimisch): Fleesch
    Märkisch (Altmärkisch), Westphalian (Westmünsterländisch): Fleesk
    Westphalian:
    Bentheimisch (Grafschaf), Sauerländisch (Sündern, Balve, Eslohe, Attendorn, Drolshagen, Kirchhundem): Fläis
    Bentheimisch (Grafschaf), Westmünsterländisch: Flees
    East Westphalian (Ravensberg), Sauerländisch: Fläisk
    East Westphalian: Floisk (Lippe)
    Sauerländisch: Flääsk (Niedersfeld), Flais (Felbecke, Elspe)
  - Plautdietsch: Fleesch
Old Dutch: flēsc
- Middle Dutch: vlêesch
  - Dutch: vlees
    - Afrikaans: vleis
    - Negerhollands: vleesch, fleis, vleis
    - → West Frisian: fleis
  - Limburgish: vleisj
Old High German: fleisk
- Middle High German: fleisch, fleis, vleisch
  - Alemannic German:
    Swabian: Floisch
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: vlòas, blòas, vlaisch
  - Central Franconian: Fleesch, Fleisch, Flääsch
    Hunsrik: Fleisch
    Luxembourgish: Fleesch
  - German: Fleisch
  - Rhine Franconian: Flaasch, Flaisch, Fleesch
    Pennsylvania German: Fleesch
  - Vilamovian: fłaś
  - Yiddish: פֿלייש (fleysh)

Old Norse: fleski, flesk
- Icelandic: fleski, flesk
- Faroese: flesk
- Norwegian: flesk
- Old Swedish: flæsk
  - Swedish: fläsk
  - → Finnish: läski
- Old Danish: flæsk
  - Danish: flæsk