Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flahaną
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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 Pre-Germanic *plok-. Kroonen connects with Ancient Greek πλάξ (pláx, “plane, plain, something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”), sharing several Germanic cognates with Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”); more at English flake.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
Inflection
Conjugation of *flahaną (strong class 6)
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Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*flahan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 143
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*flaxanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 104
- ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “FLAH-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 198