Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flōraz

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂ros (“floor”), from *pleh₂- (“flat”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *ɸlārom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸlɔː.rɑz/

Noun

*flōraz m

1. ground
2. floor

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *flōraz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*flōraz	*flōrōz, *flōrōs
vocative	*flōr	*flōrōz, *flōrōs
accusative	*flōrą	*flōranz
genitive	*flōras, *flōris	*flōrǫ̂
dative	*flōrai	*flōramaz
instrumental	*flōrō	*flōramiz

Descendants

• Old English: flōr (< *floruz)
  • Middle English: flor, flur, flour
    • English: floor
    • Scots: flure, fluir
• Old Frisian: *flōr; *flēr (< *flōriz, *flōrijaz)
  • Saterland Frisian: Floor
  • West Frisian: flier
• Old Saxon: *flōr
  • Middle Low German: vlôr
    • German Low German: Floor
• Old Dutch: *fluor, *flōr
  • Middle Dutch: vloer
    • Dutch: vloer
• Old High German: *fluor
  • Middle High German: vluor
    • German: Flur
    • Luxembourgish: Flouer
• Old Norse: flórr
  • Icelandic: flór
  • Faroese: flórur
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: flor
  • Swedish: flo (also flor)
  • Danish: flor (obsolete except in Bornholmian)
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