Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flugi

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

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *flugjaz, from *fleuganą (Proto-West Germanic *fleugan), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly”).

Adjective

*flugi

(of a bird) Having feathers, fledged.

Declension

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*flugi
Genitive	*fluggjas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*flugi	*fluggju	*flugi
Accusative	*fluggjanā	*fluggjā	*flugi
Genitive	*fluggjas	*fluggjeʀā	*fluggjas
Dative	*fluggjumē	*fluggjeʀē	*fluggjumē
Instrumental	*fluggju	*fluggjeʀu	*fluggju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*fluggjē	*fluggjō	*fluggju
Accusative	*fluggjā	*fluggjā	*fluggju
Genitive	*fluggjeʀō	*fluggjeʀō	*fluggjeʀō
Dative	fluggjēm, fluggjum	fluggjēm, fluggjum	fluggjēm, fluggjum
Instrumental	fluggjēm, fluggjum	fluggjēm, fluggjum	fluggjēm, fluggjum

Descendants

Old English: *flyċġ, *flyċġe
- Middle English: flegge, flege, flygge
  - English: fledge
    - ⇒ English: fletch (modified after fletcher)
  - >? Scots: fleg, flegg
  - >? Yola: fletch
Old Frisian: *flugge
- West Frisian: fluch
Old Saxon: *fluggi
- Middle Low German: vlügge
  - Low German: flügg
  - → German: flügge
Old Dutch: *fluggi
- Middle Dutch: vlugge, vlugghe
  - Dutch: vlug
    - Afrikaans: vlug
    - Javindo: flug
    - Petjo: vlug-vlug
  - Limburgish: vlug
Old High German: flucki, flucchi
- Middle High German: vlücke, flücke
  - Alemannic German: flück
  - Central Franconian: flögg
    Moselle Franconian: flegg
  - German: flück
  - Luxembourgish: fléck
  - Rhine Franconian: flick
    Palatine German: flick
    Pennsylvania German: flick

References

Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*fluʒjan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 108
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*flugi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 148

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