Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fluhti

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-Germanic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸlux.tiz/

Etymology 1

From *fleuganą (“to fly”) +‎ *-þiz.

Noun

*fluhti f

1. act of flying, flight

Inflection

neuter i-stemDeclension of *fluhti (neuter i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fluhti	*fluhtī
vocative	*fluhti	*fluhtī
accusative	*fluhti	*fluhtī
genitive	*fluhtīz	*fluhtijǫ̂
dative	*fluhtī	*fluhtimaz
instrumental	*fluhtī	*fluhtimiz

Descendants

• Old English: flyht
  • Middle English: fliht, flight, flyght
    • Scots: flycht, flicht
    • English: flight
• Old Saxon: *fluht
  • Middle Low German: vlucht
    • Low German: Flugt
    • → German: Flucht (“suite”)
    • → Danish: flygt
    • → Swedish: flykt
• Old Dutch: *fluht
  • Middle Dutch: vlucht
    • Dutch: vlucht
      • Afrikaans: vlug
• Old High German: [Term?], *fluht
  • Middle High German: *vluht (possibly attested; northern)
    • Luxembourgish: Fliicht (“wing”)

Etymology 2

From *fleuhaną (“to flee”) +‎ *-þiz.

Noun

*fluhti f

1. act of fleeing, escape

Inflection

neuter i-stemDeclension of *fluhti (neuter i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fluhti	*fluhtī
vocative	*fluhti	*fluhtī
accusative	*fluhti	*fluhtī
genitive	*fluhtīz	*fluhtijǫ̂
dative	*fluhtī	*fluhtimaz
instrumental	*fluhtī	*fluhtimiz

Descendants

• Old English: *flyht
  • Middle English: flight, flyght
    • Scots: flycht, flicht
    • English: flight
• Old Frisian: flecht
  • Saterland Frisian: Fljucht, Flucht
  • West Frisian: flecht
• Old Saxon: *fluht
  • Middle Low German: vlucht
    • Low German: Flugt
    • → Danish: flygt
    • → Swedish: flykt
• Old Dutch: fluht
  • Middle Dutch: vlucht
    • Dutch: vlucht
      • Afrikaans: vlug
• Old High German: fluht
  • Middle High German: vluht
    • German: Flucht