Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flahs

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 *flahsą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɑxs/
• Rhymes: -ɑxs

Noun

*flahs n

1. flax

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*flahs(a)
Genitive	*flahsas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*flahs(a)	*flahsu
Accusative	*flahs(a)	*flahsu
Genitive	*flahsas	*flahsō
Dative	*flahsē	*flahsum
Instrumental	*flahsu	*flahsum

Descendants

• Old English: fleax, flæx, flex
  • Middle English: flax, fflex, flaxe, flex, flexe, vlex
    • English: flax
• Old Frisian: flax
  • Saterland Frisian: Floaks
  • West Frisian: flaaks
• Old Saxon: *flahs
  • Middle Low German: vlas
    • Low German: Flass
      • German Low German: Flass
    • Plautdietsch: Flauss
• Old Dutch: *flas (only in toponyms)
  • Middle Dutch: vlas
    • Dutch: vlas
      • Afrikaans: vlas
• Old High German: flahs
  • Middle High German: vlahs
    • German: Flachs
    • Luxembourgish: Fluess
    • Rhine Franconian: Flaas, Flas, Flachs
    • Vilamovian: fłaoks