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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fleuþr

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

Unknown.[1]

Noun

*fleuþr m

  1. elder tree
    Synonym: *holantr

Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *fleuþr
Genitive *fleuþras
Singular Plural
Nominative *fleuþr *fleuþrō, *fleuþrōs
Accusative *fleuþr *fleuþrā
Genitive *fleuþras *fleuþrō
Dative *fleuþrē *fleuþrum
Instrumental *fleuþru *fleuþrum

Descendants
  • Old Frisian: *fliāther
    • West Frisian: flear
  • >? Old Saxon: *fliothar
    • Middle Low German: vlêder, vleder, flêder, vlider (likely from Dutch)
      • German Low German:
        Low Prussian: Flieder
        Westphalian:
        Bentheimisch: Fleär
        Westmünsterländisch Fleer
      • Plautdietsch: Flêder
      • → German: Flieder
      • → Swedish: fläder
  • Old Dutch: fliethar

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fleuþra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 147
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