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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *fleusaz, from Proto-Indo-European *plews- (to pull out, pluck).[1]

Noun

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*fleus n

  1. fleece

Inflection

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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

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References

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