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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *flauhaz.
Noun
*flauh m
- flea
Inflection
Masculine a-stem
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Singular
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Nominative
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*flauh
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Genitive
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*flauhas
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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*flauh
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*flauhō, *flauhōs
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Accusative
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*flauh
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*flauhā
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Genitive
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*flauhas
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*flauhō
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Dative
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*flauhē
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*flauhum
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Instrumental
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*flauhu
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*flauhum
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Descendants
- Old English: flēah, flēa, flǣh, fleah, flēo
- Old Frisian: *flā, *flē
- Saterland Frisian: Flee
- West Frisian: flie
- Old Saxon: *flōh, *flō
- Old Dutch: *flō
- Middle Dutch: vlô
- Dutch: vlo
- Limburgish: vloea, vloej
- Old High German: flōh, flō