Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flugi

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 *flugjaz.

Adjective

*flugi

1. fledged, feathered

Declension

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*flugi
Genitive	*fluggjas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*flugi	*fluggju	*flugi
Accusative	*fluggjanā	*fluggjā	*flugi
Genitive	*fluggjas	*fluggjeʀā	*fluggjas
Dative	*fluggjumē	*fluggjeʀē	*fluggjumē
Instrumental	*fluggju	*fluggjeʀu	*fluggju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*fluggjē	*fluggjō	*fluggju
Accusative	*fluggjā	*fluggjā	*fluggju
Genitive	*fluggjeʀō	*fluggjeʀō	*fluggjeʀō
Dative	*fluggjēm, *fluggjum	*fluggjēm, *fluggjum	*fluggjēm, *fluggjum
Instrumental	*fluggjēm, *fluggjum	*fluggjēm, *fluggjum	*fluggjēm, *fluggjum

Descendants

• Old English: *flyċġ, *flyċġe
  • Middle English: flegge, flege, flygge
    • English: fledge
      • ⇒ English: fletch (modified after fletcher)
    • >? Scots: fleg, flegg
    • >? Yola: fletch
• Old Frisian: *flugge
  • West Frisian: fluch
• Old Saxon: *fluggi
  • Middle Low German: vlügge
    • Low German: flügg
    • → German: flügge
• Old Dutch: *fluggi
  • Middle Dutch: vlugge, vlugghe
    • Dutch: vlug
      • Afrikaans: vlug
      • Javindo: flug
      • Petjo: vlug-vlug
    • Limburgish: vlug
• Old High German: flucki, flucchi
  • Middle High German: vlücke, flücke
    • Alemannic German: flück
    • Central Franconian: flögg

      Moselle Franconian: flegg

    • German: flück
    • Luxembourgish: fléck
    • Rhine Franconian: flick

      Palatine German: flick

      Pennsylvania German: flick

References

• Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*fluʒjan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 108
• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*flugi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 148