Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fleutaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (“to flow, run”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸleu̯.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*fleutaną

to float, stream

Inflection

Conjugation of *fleutaną (strong class 2)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*fleutō	*fleutaų	—	*fleutai	?
2nd singular	*fliutizi	*fleutaiz	*fleut	*fleutazai	*fleutaizau
3rd singular	*fliutidi	*fleutai	*fleutadau	*fleutadai	*fleutaidau
1st dual	*fleutōz	*fleutaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*fleutadiz	*fleutaidiz	*fleutadiz	—	—
1st plural	*fleutamaz	*fleutaim	—	*fleutandai	*fleutaindau
2nd plural	*fliutid	*fleutaid	*fliutid	*fleutandai	*fleutaindau
3rd plural	*fleutandi	*fleutain	*fleutandau	*fleutandai	*fleutaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*flaut	*flutį̄
2nd singular	*flaust	*flutīz
3rd singular	*flaut	*flutī
1st dual	*flutū	*flutīw
2nd dual	*flutudiz	*flutīdiz
1st plural	*flutum	*flutīm
2nd plural	*flutud	*flutīd
3rd plural	*flutun	*flutīn

	present	past
participles	*fleutandz	*flutanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *fleutan
- Old English: flēotan
  - Middle English: fleten, fleoten, flete, fleetyn, fleete
    - English: fleet
    - Scots: fleet
- Old Frisian: fliāta
  - Saterland Frisian: fljoote
- Old Saxon: fliotan
  - Middle Low German: vlêten
    - Low German: flieten
- Old Dutch: flietan
  - Middle Dutch: vlieten
    - Dutch: vlieten
- Old High German: flioȥan
  - Middle High German: vlieȥen
    - German: fließen
    - Luxembourgish: fléissen
    - Yiddish: פֿליסן (flisn)
Old Norse: fljóta
- Icelandic: fljóta
- Faroese: fljóta, flóta
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fljota, flyta
- Elfdalian: fliuota
- Old Swedish: flȳta, fliūta
  - Swedish: flyta
- Old Danish: flytæ
  - Danish: flyde
    - Norwegian Bokmål: flyte
- Gutnish: flauta

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fleutan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 147
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*fleutanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 107

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fleutan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 147

[2] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*fleutanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 107