Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flehtaną

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 *pleḱt-, an extension of Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to twine”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸlex.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*flehtaną[1][2]

  1. to plait, to weave

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *flehtō *flehtaų — *flehtai ?
2nd singular *flihtizi *flehtaiz *fleht *flehtazai *flehtaizau
3rd singular *flihtidi *flehtai *flehtadau *flehtadai *flehtaidau
1st dual *flehtōz *flehtaiw — — —
2nd dual *flehtadiz *flehtaidiz *flehtadiz — —
1st plural *flehtamaz *flehtaim — *flehtandai *flehtaindau
2nd plural *flihtid *flehtaid *flihtid *flehtandai *flehtaindau
3rd plural *flehtandi *flehtain *flehtandau *flehtandai *flehtaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *flaht *fluhtį̄
2nd singular *flahst *fluhtīz
3rd singular *flaht *fluhtī
1st dual *fluhtū *fluhtīw
2nd dual *fluhtudiz *fluhtīdiz
1st plural *fluhtum *fluhtīm
2nd plural *fluhtud *fluhtīd
3rd plural *fluhtun *fluhtīn
present past
participles *flehtandz *fluhtanaz

Descendants

  • Old English: fleohtan
  • Old Saxon: flehtan
  • Old Dutch: *flehtan
  • Old High German: flehtan
  • Old Norse: flétta

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*flehtan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 146
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*flextanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 106
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