Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flōdu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flōduz.

Noun

*flōdu m or f

river
flood

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*flōdu
Genitive	*flōdō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*flōdu	flōdiwi, flōdō
Accusative	*flōdu	*flōdū
Genitive	*flōdō	*flōdiwō
Dative	flōdiwi, flōdō	*flōdum
Instrumental	*flōdu	*flōdum

Descendants

Old English: flōd n or m, ᚠᛚᚩᛞᚢ (flódu) — Runic
- Middle English: flod, flood, floode, flode, flowt, fflood, fflode, vlode
  - English: flood
  - Scots: fluid, flude
- → Anglo-Latin: flōdus [13th c.] (England)
Old Frisian: flōd n
- North Frisian: floth
- Saterland Frisian: Floud f
- West Frisian: floed m or f
Old Saxon: flōd m or f, fluod
- Middle Low German: vlōt, vloet
  - German Low German: Flood
Old Dutch: fluod f
- Middle Dutch: vloet m or f
  - Dutch: vloed c
    - Afrikaans: vloed
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: flutu
    - Javindo: floed
  - Limburgish: vlood
Old High German: fluot m
- Middle High German: vluot m or f
  - Cimbrian: fluut m
  - German: Flut f
→ Vulgar Latin: *flōtus (see there for further descendants)