Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fleuþr

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

Unknown.

Noun

*fleuþr m

1. elder tree

   Synonym: *holantr

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fleuþr
Genitive	*fleuþras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fleuþr	*fleuþrō, *fleuþrōs
Accusative	*fleuþr	*fleuþrā
Genitive	*fleuþras	*fleuþrō
Dative	*fleuþrē	*fleuþrum
Instrumental	*fleuþru	*fleuþrum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *fliāther
  • West Frisian: flear
• >? Old Saxon: *fliothar
  • Middle Low German: vlêder, vleder, flêder, vlider (likely from Dutch)
    • German Low German:

      Low Prussian: Flieder

      Westphalian:

      Bentheimisch: Fleär

      Westmünsterländisch Fleer

    • Plautdietsch: Flêder
    • → German: Flieder
    • → Swedish: fläder
• Old Dutch: fliethar
  • Middle Dutch: vlieder, vlier
    • Dutch: vlier