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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flāan

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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

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Etymology

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Diachronically from Proto-Germanic *flēaną, presumably related to *flauwjan (to wash, rinse) and *flōan (to flow), though how is uncertain.

Verb

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*flāan

  1. to rinse, wash, clean

Inflection

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Strong class 7d
Infinitive *flāan
1st sg. past *flē
3rd pl. past *flēun
Past ptcple *flāan
Infinitive *flāan
Genitive infin. *flāannjas
Dative infin. *flāannjē
Instrum. infin. *flāannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *flāu *flē
2nd singular *flāiʀi *flēī
3rd singular *flāidi *flē
1st plural *flāum *flēum
2nd plural *flāid *flēud
3rd plural *flāand *flēun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *flāē *flēī
2nd singular *flāēs *flēī
3rd singular *flāē *flēī
1st plural *flāēm *flēīm
2nd plural *flāēþ *flēīd
3rd plural *flāēn *flēīn
Imperative Present
Singular *flā
Plural *flāid
Present Past
Participle *flāandī *flāan

Derived terms

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Descendants

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