Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flahaną

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

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *plok-. Kroonen connects with Ancient Greek πλάξ (pláx, “plane, plain, something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”), sharing several Germanic cognates with Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”); more at English flake.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸlɑ.xɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*flahaną^[1]^[2]^[3]

to skin, to flay

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 6)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*flahō	*flahaų	—	*flahai	?
2nd singular	*flahizi	*flahaiz	*flah	*flahazai	*flahaizau
3rd singular	*flahidi	*flahai	*flahadau	*flahadai	*flahaidau
1st dual	*flahōz	*flahaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*flahadiz	*flahaidiz	*flahadiz	—	—
1st plural	*flahamaz	*flahaim	—	*flahandai	*flahaindau
2nd plural	*flahid	*flahaid	*flahid	*flahandai	*flahaindau
3rd plural	*flahandi	*flahain	*flahandau	*flahandai	*flahaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*flōh	*flōgį̄
2nd singular	*flōht	*flōgīz
3rd singular	*flōh	*flōgī
1st dual	*flōgū	*flōgīw
2nd dual	*flōgudiz	*flōgīdiz
1st plural	*flōgum	*flōgīm
2nd plural	*flōgud	*flōgīd
3rd plural	*flōgun	*flōgīn

	present	past
participles	*flahandz	*flaganaz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *flahan
- Old English: flēan
  - Middle English: flen
    - English: flay
- Old Dutch: *flān
  - Middle Dutch: vlâen
    - West Flemish: vlaan
Old Norse: flá
- Icelandic: flá
- Faroese: fláa
- Norwegian: flå
- Old Swedish: flā
  - Swedish: flå
- Old Danish: flaa
  - Danish: flå

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*flahan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 143
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*flaxanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 104
^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “FLAH-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 198

[Kroonen-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*flahan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 143

[2] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*flaxanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 104

[3] Seebold, Elmar (1970) “FLAH-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 198

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