Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flehtaną

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 *pleḱt-, an extension of Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to twine”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸlex.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*flehtaną^[1]^[2]

to plait, to weave

Inflection

Conjugation of *flehtaną (strong class 3)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*flehtō	*flehtaų	—	*flehtai	?
2nd singular	*flihtizi	*flehtaiz	*fleht	*flehtazai	*flehtaizau
3rd singular	*flihtidi	*flehtai	*flehtadau	*flehtadai	*flehtaidau
1st dual	*flehtōz	*flehtaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*flehtadiz	*flehtaidiz	*flehtadiz	—	—
1st plural	*flehtamaz	*flehtaim	—	*flehtandai	*flehtaindau
2nd plural	*flihtid	*flehtaid	*flihtid	*flehtandai	*flehtaindau
3rd plural	*flehtandi	*flehtain	*flehtandau	*flehtandai	*flehtaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*flaht	*fluhtį̄
2nd singular	*flahst	*fluhtīz
3rd singular	*flaht	*fluhtī
1st dual	*fluhtū	*fluhtīw
2nd dual	*fluhtudiz	*fluhtīdiz
1st plural	*fluhtum	*fluhtīm
2nd plural	*fluhtud	*fluhtīd
3rd plural	*fluhtun	*fluhtīn

	present	past
participles	*flehtandz	*fluhtanaz

Descendants

Old English: fleohtan
Old Saxon: flehtan
Old Dutch: *flehtan
- Middle Dutch: vlechten
  - Dutch: vlechten
  - Limburgish: vlèchte
Old High German: flehtan
- Middle High German: vlehten
  - German: flechten
  - Luxembourgish: flechten
Old Norse: flétta
- Icelandic: flétta
- Faroese: flætta
- Norwegian: flette
- → Middle English: *fletten
  - Middle English: fletting
- Old Swedish: flǣtta, flǣta
  - Swedish: fläta
- Old Danish: *flæthæ (past participle flæth attested)
  - Danish: flette

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*flehtan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 146
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*flextanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 106

[Kroonen-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*flehtan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 146

[2] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*flextanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 106

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