Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flutōną

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

The iterative of *fleutaną (“to float, stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (“to float, swim, fly”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸlu.tɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*flutōną

to float; drift

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, *flutt- against *flut-.

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*flutō	*flutǭ	—	*flutōi	?
2nd singular	*flutōsi	*flutōs	*flutō	*flutōsai	*flutōsau
3rd singular	*flutōþi	*flutō	*flutōþau	*flutōþai	*flutōþau
1st dual	*flutōs	*flutōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*flutōþiz	*flutōþiz	*flutōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*flutōmaz	*flutōm	—	*flutōnþai	*flutōnþau
2nd plural	*flutōþ	*flutōþ	*flutōþ	*flutōnþai	*flutōnþau
3rd plural	*flutōnþi	*flutōn	*flutōnþau	*flutōnþai	*flutōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*flutōdǭ	*flutōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*flutōdēz	*flutōdēdīz
3rd singular	*flutōdē	*flutōdēdī
1st dual	*flutōdēdū	*flutōdēdīw
2nd dual	*flutōdēdudiz	*flutōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*flutōdēdum	*flutōdēdīm
2nd plural	*flutōdēdud	*flutōdēdīd
3rd plural	*flutōdēdun	*flutōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*flutōndz	*flutōdaz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *flotōn
- Old English: flotian
  - Middle English: floten
    - Scots: flot, flote, floit
    - English: float
      - → German: floaten
- Old Frisian: *flotia
  - Saterland Frisian: flotje
  - West Frisian: flotsje
- Old Saxon: flotōn
  - Middle Low German: vloten, vlotten
    - German Low German: flötten, flöttjen
- Old Dutch: *fluton, *floton
  - Middle Dutch: vloten, vlotten, vlutten
    - Dutch: vlotten
      - Afrikaans: vlot
- Old High German: *flozzōn
  - Middle High German: flōzen, vlōzen
- → Old French: floter
  - Middle French: flotter
    - French: flotter
  - → Italian: fiottare
  - → Spanish: flotar
Old Norse: flota
- Icelandic: flota
- Faroese: flota
- Norwegian: flote
- Swedish: flotta
- Danish: flåde

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 149

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 149

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