Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flauwjan

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 *flaujaną,[1][2] from Proto-Indo-European *plow-éye-ti.[3]

Verb

*flauwjan

  1. to wash, rinse

Inflection

Strong class 7b
Infinitive *flauwjan
1st sg. past *fleōwj
3rd pl. past *fleōwjun
Past ptcple *flauwjan
Infinitive *flauwjan
Genitive infin. *flauwjannjas
Dative infin. *flauwjannjē
Instrum. infin. *flauwjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *flauwju *fleōwj
2nd singular *flauwjiʀi *fleōwjī
3rd singular *flauwjidi *fleōwj
1st plural *flauwjum *fleōwjum
2nd plural *flauwjid *fleōwjud
3rd plural *flauwjand *fleōwjun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *flauwjē *fleōwjī
2nd singular *flauwjēs *fleōwjī
3rd singular *flauwjē *fleōwjī
1st plural *flauwjēm *fleōwjīm
2nd plural *flauwjēþ *fleōwjīd
3rd plural *flauwjēn *fleōwjīn
Imperative Present
Singular *flauwji
Plural *flauwjid
Present Past
Participle *flauwjandī *flauwjan

Descendants

  • Old High German: *flouwen, flewen (to wash, rinse)
    • Old High German: irflouwen, irflewen (to wash out, rinse out, rinse off, wash off)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*flawjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 106
  2. ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “FLŌW-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 204:*flau-ja-
  3. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*pleu̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 487:Kausativ *plou̯-éi̯e-