Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fleuhan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fleuhaną.
Verb
*fleuhan[1]
- to flee
Inflection
| Strong class 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *fleuhan | |
| 1st sg. past | *flauh | |
| 3rd pl. past | *flugun | |
| Past ptcple | *flogan | |
| Infinitive | *fleuhan | |
| Genitive infin. | *fleuhannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *fleuhannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *fleuhannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *fleuhu | *flauh |
| 2nd singular | *fliuhiʀi | *flugī |
| 3rd singular | *fliuhidi | *flauh |
| 1st plural | *fleuhum | *flugum |
| 2nd plural | *fliuhid | *flugud |
| 3rd plural | *fleuhand | *flugun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *fleuhē | *flugī |
| 2nd singular | *fleuhēs | *flugī |
| 3rd singular | *fleuhē | *flugī |
| 1st plural | *fleuhēm | *flugīm |
| 2nd plural | *fleuhēþ | *flugīd |
| 3rd plural | *fleuhēn | *flugīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *fliuh | |
| Plural | *fliuhid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *fleuhandī | *flogan |
Related terms
Descendants
- Old English: flēon
- Middle English: flen, fleon
- English: flee
- Scots: flee
- ⇒ Yola: flaadhokes
- Middle English: flen, fleon
- Old Frisian: fliā
- Old Saxon: fliohan
- Old Dutch: flian
- Old High German: fliohan
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 315: “PWGmc *fleuhan”