Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flutjaną

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

Zero-grade ye-present from the root of *fleutaną.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸlut.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*flutjaną

(North Germanic) to move, flutter

Inflection

Conjugation of *flutjaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*flutjō	*flutjaų	—	*flutjai	?
2nd singular	*flutisi	*flutjais	*fluti	*flutjasai	*flutjaisau
3rd singular	*flutiþi	*flutjai	*flutjaþau	*flutjaþai	*flutjaiþau
1st dual	*flutjōs	*flutjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*flutjaþiz	*flutjaiþiz	*flutjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*flutjamaz	*flutjaim	—	*flutjanþai	*flutjainþau
2nd plural	*flutiþ	*flutjaiþ	*flutiþ	*flutjanþai	*flutjainþau
3rd plural	*flutjanþi	*flutjain	*flutjanþau	*flutjanþai	*flutjainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*flutidǭ	*flutidēdį̄
2nd singular	*flutidēz	*flutidēdīz
3rd singular	*flutidē	*flutidēdī
1st dual	*flutidēdū	*flutidēdīw
2nd dual	*flutidēdudiz	*flutidēdīdiz
1st plural	*flutidēdum	*flutidēdīm
2nd plural	*flutidēdud	*flutidēdīd
3rd plural	*flutidēdun	*flutidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*flutjandz	*flutidaz

Descendants

Old Norse: flytja
- Icelandic: flytja
- Faroese: flytja, flyta
- Norwegian: flytja, flytte
- Old Swedish: flytia
  - Swedish: flytta
- Danish: flytte
- → Middle English: flytten, flitten
  - English: flit
  - Scots: flit

References

^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “flytja”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎ (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 135

[1] Vries, Jan (1977) “flytja”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎ (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 135

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