Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flauhaz

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

Uncertain. From Pre-Germanic *plówkos or *plówkeh₂, apparently formed from the Proto-Indo-European root *plewk-, but perhaps a folk-etymological or tabooistic[1] replacement for an earlier, extinct reflex of *pusl-, *plúsis (“flea”) (from which e.g. Latin pūlex (“flea”) and Lithuanian blusa (“flea”) derive). The reformation may have developed under the influence of *fleuhaną (“to flee”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸlɑu̯.xɑz/

Noun

*flauhaz m

  1. flea

Inflection

Declension of *flauhaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *flauhaz *flauhōz, *flauhōs
vocative *flauh *flauhōz, *flauhōs
accusative *flauhą *flauhanz
genitive *flauhas, *flauhis *flauhǫ̂
dative *flauhai *flauhamaz
instrumental *flauhō *flauhamiz

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “flauhō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 145
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*flauxs”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 105–106
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