Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flakaz

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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

Uncertain, though resembling other Indo-European words meaning “flat”. If from pre-Germanic *plog- or *pleh₂g-, or from earlier *flakkaz from *plog-n- or *pleh₂k-n-, the origin could be an extended form of Proto-Indo-European *pel- (broad, wide, flat); compare the synonymous Proto-Germanic *flataz, possibly from *pleth₂-n-. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Kroonen considers the adjective from Proto-Indo-European *plók-o-s, also of similar formation to the roots described above, comparing Ancient Greek πλάξ (pláx, plane, plain; flat stone, board, table), Lithuanian plãkanas (flat), Latvian plakans (idem).[1] See also Proto-Slavic *ploskъ (flat).

Pronunciation

Adjective

*flakaz

  1. flat
    Synonym: *flataz

Inflection

Declension of *flakaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *flakaz *flakō *flaką, -atō *flakai *flakôz *flakō
accusative *flakanǭ *flakǭ *flaką, -atō *flakanz *flakōz *flakō
genitive *flakas, -is *flakaizōz *flakas, -is *flakaizǫ̂ *flakaizǫ̂ *flakaizǫ̂
dative *flakammai *flakaizōi *flakammai *flakaimaz *flakaimaz *flakaimaz
instrumental *flakanō *flakaizō *flakanō *flakaimiz *flakaimiz *flakaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *flakô *flakǭ *flakô *flakaniz *flakōniz *flakōnō
accusative *flakanų *flakōnų *flakô *flakanunz *flakōnunz *flakōnō
genitive *flakiniz *flakōniz *flakiniz *flakanǫ̂ *flakōnǫ̂ *flakanǫ̂
dative *flakini *flakōni *flakini *flakammaz *flakōmaz *flakammaz
instrumental *flakinē *flakōnē *flakinē *flakammiz *flakōmiz *flakammiz
  • *flaką (something flat, flake)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*flaka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 143-4