Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flōraz

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 *pleh₂ros (“floor”), from *pleh₂- (“flat”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *ɸlārom.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸlɔː.rɑz/

Noun

*flōraz m

ground
floor

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *flōraz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*flōraz	flōrōz, flōrōs
vocative	*flōr	flōrōz, flōrōs
accusative	*flōrą	*flōranz
genitive	flōras, flōris	*flōrǫ̂
dative	*flōrai	*flōramaz
instrumental	*flōrō	*flōramiz

Descendants

Old English: flōr (< *floruz)
- Middle English: flor, flore, flur, flour, floor, vlor, floour
  - English: floor
  - Scots: flure, fluir, flair
Old Frisian: *flōr; *flēr (< *flōriz, *flōrijaz)
- Saterland Frisian: Floor
- West Frisian: flier
Old Saxon: *flōr
- Middle Low German: vlôr
  - German Low German: Floor
Old Dutch: *fluor, *flōr
- Middle Dutch: vloer
  - Dutch: vloer
    - Afrikaans: vloer
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: fluru
    - Negerhollands: vloer, vluer, flu
    - → Sranan Tongo: flur
      - → Caribbean Javanese: felur, pelur
Old High German: *fluor
- Middle High German: vluor
  - German: Flur
  - Luxembourgish: Flouer
Old Norse: flórr
- Icelandic: flór
- Faroese: flórur
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: flor
- Swedish: flo (also flor)
- Danish: flor (obsolete except in Bornholmian)

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