Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flugǭ

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

Alternative forms

*fleugǭ

Etymology

From *fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly”).

Noun

*flugǭ f

(North Germanic) flying insect, fly

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *flugǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*flugǭ	*flugōniz
vocative	*flugǭ	*flugōniz
accusative	*flugōnų	*flugōnunz
genitive	*flugōniz	*flugōnǫ̂
dative	*flugōni	*flugōmaz
instrumental	*flugōnē	*flugōmiz

Descendants

Old Norse: fluga
- Icelandic: fluga
- Faroese: fluga
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fluga, fluge, flugu
- Elfdalian: flugu
- Old Swedish: flugha
  - Swedish: fluga
- Old Danish: flughæ
  - Danish: flue
    - Norwegian Bokmål: flue
- Gutnish: fluge, flugå

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 835–837
Watkins, Calvert (1985), “pleu-”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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