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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ.
Noun
*fleugā f[1]
- fly
Inflection
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Singular
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*fleugā
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| Genitive
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*fleugōn
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*fleugā
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*fleugōn
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| Accusative
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*fleugōn
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*fleugōn
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| Genitive
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*fleugōn
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*fleugōnō
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| Dative
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*fleugōn
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*fleugōm, *fleugum
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| Instrumental
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*fleugōn
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*fleugōm, *fleugum
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Descendants
- Old English: flēoge, flēge, flīeġe
- Middle English: flye, fflye, fleȝe, fleie, fleye, flie, fliȝe, vlye, flehe, vliȝe (Early Middle English), flei, fley (Northern)
- Old Frisian: *fliāge
- Old Saxon: flioga, fliega
- Middle Low German: vlēge
- German Low German: Fleeg
- Plautdietsch: Fläj
- Old Dutch: fliega
- Middle Dutch: vlieghe
- Dutch: vlieg
- Afrikaans: vlieg
- Negerhollands: vliegi, fligi
- → Virgin Islands Creole: fligi (dated)
- Limburgish: vleeg
- Old High German: flioga, fliuga (< *fliugijā)
- Middle High German: vliege, fliuge
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 309: “PWGmc *fleugā”