Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flint

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

Presumably from Proto-Germanic *flintaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to cleave, split off, splice”).

Noun

*flint n

peddle
flint

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*flint
Genitive	*flintas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*flint	flintō, flintōs
Accusative	*flint	*flintā
Genitive	*flintas	*flintō
Dative	*flintē	*flintum
Instrumental	*flintu	*flintum

Derived terms

*flintastain

Descendants

Old English: flint
- Middle English: flynt, flent, flint, flinte, flynte, vlint
  - English: flint
  - Scots: flint
  - → Welsh: fflint
Old Frisian: *flint
- West Frisian: flint, flinte
Old Saxon: *flint
- Middle Low German: vlint
  - → Danish: flint
  - → Middle High German: flünt, flint
    - German: Flint
  - → Norwegian: flint
  - → Swedish: flinta
    - → German: Flinte
      - → Czech: flinta
      - → Hungarian: flinta
        → Romanian: flintă
      - → Plautdietsch: Flint
      - → Polish: flinta
Old Dutch: *flint
- Middle Dutch: vlint
  - Dutch: flint
Old High German: flins
- Middle High German: vlins, flins
  - → Middle Low German: vlins, flins

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