Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flatją

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *plad- (“flat, broad”).

Noun

*flatją n

a level surface; level ground
the floor of a house
house; dwelling

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *flatją (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*flatją	*flatjō
vocative	*flatją	*flatjō
accusative	*flatją	*flatjō
genitive	flatjas, flatis	*flatjǫ̂
dative	*flatjai	*flatjamaz
instrumental	*flatjō	*flatjamiz

Related terms

*flataz

Descendants

Old English: flett, flet
- Middle English: flet
  - Scots: flet
    - English: flat
      - Dutch: flat
  - English: flet
Old Frisian: flett, flet
Old Saxon: fletti, flet
- Middle Low German: vlêt
  - Low German: Flet
Old Dutch: *fletti
- Middle Dutch: vlette, vlet
  - Dutch: vlet
Old High German: flezzi
- Middle High German: vletze, vlez
  - German: Fletz, Flötz
Old Norse: flet
- Icelandic: flet, fleti
- Faroese: flet f
- Norwegian: flet
- Old Swedish: flæt, flat (?)
- Old Danish: flæt
  - Danish: fled
→ Finnish: lattia

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