Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flōdu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flōduz.

Noun

*flōdu m

river
flood

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*flōdu
Genitive	*flōdō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*flōdu	flōdiwi, flōdō
Accusative	*flōdu	*flōdū
Genitive	*flōdō	*flōdiwō
Dative	flōdiwi, flōdō	*flōdum
Instrumental	*flōdu	*flōdum

Descendants

Old English: flōd, ᚠᛚᚩᛞᚢ (flódu)
- Middle English: flod, flood, floode, flode, flowt, fflood, fflode, vlode
  - English: flood
  - Scots: fluid, flude
- → Anglo-Latin: flōdus [13th c.] (England)
Old Frisian: flōd
- North Frisian: floth
- Saterland Frisian: Floud
- West Frisian: floed
Old Saxon: flōd
- Middle Low German: vlôt
  - German Low German: Flood
Old Dutch: fluod
- Middle Dutch: vloet
  - Dutch: vloed
    - Afrikaans: vloed
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: flutu
    - Javindo: floed
  - Limburgish: vlood
Old High German: fluot
- Middle High German: vluot
  - Cimbrian: fluut
  - German: Flut
→ Vulgar Latin: *flōtus (see there for further descendants)

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