Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fleus

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

From Proto-Germanic *fleusaz, from Proto-Indo-European *plews- (“to pull out, pluck”).

Noun

*fleus n

1. fleece

Inflection

z-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fleus
Genitive	*fliusiʀi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fleus	*fliusiʀu
Accusative	*fleus	*fliusiʀu
Genitive	*fliusiʀi	*fliusiʀō
Dative	*fliusiʀi	*fliusiʀum
Instrumental	*fliusiʀi	*fliusiʀum

Descendants

• Old English: flēos, flīes, flȳs, flēs
  • Middle English: flees, ffleyse, fleece, fleese, fleesse, fleis, fleos, fleose, fles, flese, floes, flus, vluys
    • English: fleece
      • → Finnish: fliisi
      • → German: Fleece
    • Scots: fleis
    • Yola: flaase
• Old Frisian: *fliōs, *fliūs
  • Saterland Frisian: Flüüs
  • West Frisian: flues
• Old Saxon: *flios
  • Middle Low German: vlüs
    • Low German: Flüs
• Old Dutch: *flios, *flius
  • Middle Dutch: vlies, vluus
    • Dutch: vlies
      • → German: Vlies
    • Limburgish: vlees
• Old High German: *flios, flius
  • Middle High German: vlius
    • German: Fleuß, Flüß (rare, obsolete)