Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flōraz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

  • *flōruz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂ros (“floor”), from *pleh₂- (“flat”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *ɸlārom (“floor”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸlɔː.rɑz/

Noun

*flōraz m[1]

  1. ground
    Synonym: *grunduz
  2. floor
    Synonym: *gulbą

Inflection

Declension of *flōraz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *flōraz *flōrōz, *flōrōs
vocative *flōr *flōrōz, *flōrōs
accusative *flōrą *flōranz
genitive *flōras, *flōris *flōrǫ̂
dative *flōrai *flōramaz
instrumental *flōrō *flōramiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *flōr
    • Old English: flōr (< *flōruz)
    • Old Frisian: *flōr; *flēr (< *flōriz, *flōrijaz)
      • Saterland Frisian: Floor (likely borrowed from Low German)
      • West Frisian: flier
    • Old Saxon: *flōr
    • Old Dutch: *fluor, *flōr
      • Middle Dutch: vloer
        • Dutch: vloer
          • Afrikaans: vloer
          • Berbice Creole Dutch: fluru
          • Negerhollands: vloer, vluer, flu
          • → Sranan Tongo: flur
            • → Caribbean Javanese: felur, pelur
    • Old High German: *fluor
      • Middle High German: vluor
    • → Old French: *flor, *flur
  • Old Norse: flórr
    • Icelandic: flór
    • Faroese: flórur
    • Norwegian:
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: flor
    • Swedish: flo (also flor)
    • Danish: flor (obsolete except in Bornholmian)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*flōra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 148
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