Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flugǭ

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *fleugǭ

Etymology

From *fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly”).

Noun

*flugǭ f

1. (North Germanic) flying insect, fly

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *flugǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*flugǭ	*flugōniz
vocative	*flugǭ	*flugōniz
accusative	*flugōnų	*flugōnunz
genitive	*flugōniz	*flugōnǫ̂
dative	*flugōni	*flugōmaz
instrumental	*flugōnē	*flugōmiz

Descendants

• Old Norse: fluga
  • Icelandic: fluga
  • Faroese: fluga
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fluga, fluge, flugu
  • Elfdalian: flugu
  • Old Swedish: flugha
    • Swedish: fluga
  • Old Danish: flughæ
    • Danish: flue
      • Norwegian Bokmål: flue
  • Gutnish: fluge, flugå

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “835–837”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 835–837
• Watkins, Calvert (1985) “pleu-”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt