Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flaiski

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

    Of unclear origin; appears to stem from a Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁ḱ- (“to tear, peel off”), albeit with all supposed cognates being uncertain. Has been linked to Latin lāridum (“lard”), Proto-Germanic *flikkiją (“piece of meat; flitch”), *flīkō (“tatters, rags”) (whence Old Norse flík (“idem”)), *flīsō (“split chip”) (whence German Fliese (“tile”), Old Norse flís (“splinter, wood chip”)).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɸlɑi̯.ski/

    Noun

    *flaiski n

    1. meat, flesh

    Inflection

    Declension of *flaiski (neuter i-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *flaiski *flaiskī
    vocative *flaiski *flaiskī
    accusative *flaiski *flaiskī
    genitive *flaiskīz *flaiskijǫ̂
    dative *flaiskī *flaiskimaz
    instrumental *flaiskī *flaiskimiz

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *flaiski
      • Old English: flǣsċ
        • Middle English: flesh
          • English: flesh
          • Scots: flesch
          • Yola: vleash, vlesh
      • Old Frisian: flāsk, flēsk
      • Old Saxon: flēsk
        • Middle Low German: vlêsk, vlêsch, vlês
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            Low Prussian: Sauerländisch (Olpe, Wenden): Fleisch
            Märkisch (Altmärkisch), Westphalian (Bentheimisch): Fleesch
            Märkisch (Altmärkisch), Westphalian (Westmünsterländisch): Fleesk
            Westphalian:
            Bentheimisch (Grafschaf), Sauerländisch (Sündern, Balve, Eslohe, Attendorn, Drolshagen, Kirchhundem): Fläis
            Bentheimisch (Grafschaf), Westmünsterländisch: Flees
            East Westphalian (Ravensberg), Sauerländisch: Fläisk
            East Westphalian: Floisk (Lippe)
            Sauerländisch: Flääsk (Niedersfeld), Flais (Felbecke, Elspe)
          • Plautdietsch: Fleesch
      • Old Dutch: flēsc
      • Old High German: fleisk
    • Old Norse: fleski, flesk

    References

    1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*flaiskaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 104
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