Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fuglaz

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

Likely dissimilated from earlier *fluglaz, from pre-Proto-Germanic *pluk-ló-s, from *pleuketi (“to fly”) (whence Proto-Germanic *fleuganą) + *-lós (agent noun suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly”).[1][2] Parallel construction with *flugilaz (“wing”), from *fleuganą +‎ *-ilaz. Alternatively cognate with Lithuanian paũkštis (“bird”), itself perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *powk-sti-s, from presumed root *pewk-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸuɣ.lɑz/

Noun

*fuglaz m[1][2]

  1. bird

Inflection

Declension of *fuglaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fuglaz *fuglōz, *fuglōs
vocative *fugl *fuglōz, *fuglōs
accusative *fuglą *fuglanz
genitive *fuglas, *fuglis *fuglǫ̂
dative *fuglai *fuglamaz
instrumental *fuglō *fuglamiz
  • *flugulaz (“able to fly; flying (swiftly)”)
    • Proto-West Germanic: *flugol
    • Old Norse: flogall (“volatile”)
  • *flukkaz (“flock”)

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fugla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 157
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*fuʒlaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 116–117
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