Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flahs
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Proto-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *flahsą.
Noun[edit]
*flahs n[1]
Inflection[edit]
Neuter a-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *flahs | |
Genitive | *flahsas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *flahs | *flahsu |
Accusative | *flahs | *flahsu |
Genitive | *flahsas | *flahsō |
Dative | *flahsē | *flahsum |
Instrumental | *flahsu | *flahsum |
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: fleax, flæx, flex
- Old Frisian: flax
- Old Saxon: flahs
- Old Dutch: flahs, flas
- Old High German: flahs
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 176: “PWGmc *flahs”