Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flaumaz

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 Pre-Germanic *plowmos, from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to sail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸlɑu̯.mɑz/

Noun

*flaumaz m

1. stream; current; flow

   Synonym: *straumaz

2. flood

   Synonyms: *agraz, *flōduz

3. eddy
4. din, noise; commotion, tumult
5. joy, glee, mirth

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *flaumaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*flaumaz	*flaumōz, *flaumōs
vocative	*flaum	*flaumōz, *flaumōs
accusative	*flaumą	*flaumanz
genitive	*flaumas, *flaumis	*flaumǫ̂
dative	*flaumai	*flaumamaz
instrumental	*flaumō	*flaumamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *flaum
  • Old English: flēam
    • Middle English: flem, fleem, fleme; flæm, fleam, vlem (Early Middle English)
      • English: fleam (dialectal)
      • Scots: fleem
  • Old Frisian: *flām; (*flēna, fleina)
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: flāmisk, flāmsk
      • → Old Dutch: *flāmisk
        • Middle Dutch: vlaemsch, vleemsch
          • Dutch: Vlaams
          • West Flemish: Vlemsch, Vloms (hypercorrection?)
        • → Middle High German: vlæmisch
          • German: flämisch
      • → Old English: flēmisċ
        • Middle English: flemmish
          • English: Flemish
  • Old High German: *floum
    • ⇒ Old High German: weraltfloum
• Old Norse: flaumr
  • Icelandic: flaumur
  • Faroese: floymur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: flom
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: flaum

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN