Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flauh

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 *flauhaz.

Noun

*flauh m

1. flea

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*flauh
Genitive	*flauhas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*flauh	*flauhō, *flauhōs
Accusative	*flauh	*flauhā
Genitive	*flauhas	*flauhō
Dative	*flauhē	*flauhum
Instrumental	*flauhu	*flauhum

Descendants

• Old English: flēah, flēa, flǣh, fleah, flēo
  • Middle English: fle, flee, flei, fleigh, fley
    • English: flea (dialectal fleck)
    • Scots: flech, flaich, fle, flae
    • Yola: fleen (plural)
• Old Frisian: *flā, *flē
  • Saterland Frisian: Flee
  • West Frisian: flie
• Old Saxon: *flōh, *flō
  • Middle Low German: vlô
    • Low German: Flo, Flö, Flau, Flua
• Old Dutch: *flō
  • Middle Dutch: vlô
    • Dutch: vlo
    • Limburgish: vlouch
• Old High German: flōh, flō
  • Middle High German: vlōch, vlō
    • Bavarian: Floach

      Cimbrian: vlòach, blòach

    • Alemannic German: Flo
    • German: Floh
    • Luxembourgish: Flou
    • Yiddish: פֿלוי (floy)