Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flētimā

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

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin fletoma (“lancet, bistoury, fleam”), from Late Latin flebotomus, phlebotomus.

Noun

*flētimā f

1. lancet, fleam

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*flētimā
Genitive	*flētimōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*flētimā	*flētimōn
Accusative	*flētimōn	*flētimōn
Genitive	*flētimōn	*flētimōnō
Dative	*flētimōn	*flētimōm, *flētimum
Instrumental	*flētimōn	*flētimōm, *flētimum

Alternative reconstructions

• *flītimā

Descendants

• Old English: flītme, flȳtme
• Old Saxon: flietma
  • Middle Low German: vlēteme, vlētem, vlētme, vlēte, vleetme, vlētene, vlētne
• Old Dutch: flietima
• Old High German: fliedima, fliodema, fliotema
  • Middle High German: vliedeme, fliedeme, flieteme, flietine, fliete, fleitem, fliet
    • German: Fliete, Fliede f, Flieten m
      • → German Low German: Fliete