Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flōaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Alternative reconstructions[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from a pre-form *plōw-, the lengthened o-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *plew-[2]. Alternatively from *pleh₃-.[3]
Kroonen explains the alternation between -w- (in Anglo-Saxon) and -j- (in Low German) as a result of hiatus after the regular loss of *u after *ō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*flōaną[2]
- to flow
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *flōaną (strong class 7e)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *flōan
- Old Norse: flóa
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “flōwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 108
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*flōan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 147
- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “vloeien”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[2] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press