Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flauh

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flauhaz.

Noun

*flauh m

flea

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*flauh
Genitive	*flauhas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*flauh	flauhō, flauhōs
Accusative	*flauh	*flauhā
Genitive	*flauhas	*flauhō
Dative	*flauhē	*flauhum
Instrumental	*flauhu	*flauhum

Descendants

Old English: flēah, flēa, flǣh, fleah, flēo
- Middle English: fle, flee, flei, fley, fleigh
  - English: flea
  - Scots: flech, flaich, fle, flae
Old Frisian: *flā, *flē
- Saterland Frisian: Flee
- West Frisian: flie
Old Saxon: *flōh, *flō
- Middle Low German: vlô
  - Low German: Flo, Flö, Flau, Flua
Old Dutch: *flō
- Middle Dutch: vlô
  - Dutch: vlo
  - Limburgish: vlouch
Old High German: flōh, flō
- Middle High German: vlōch, vlō
  - Bavarian: Floach
    Cimbrian: blòach
  - Alemannic German: Flo
  - German: Floh
  - Luxembourgish: Flou
  - Yiddish: פֿלוי‎ (floy)

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