Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flintastain

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 *flint (“flint”) +‎ *stain (“stone”).

Noun

*flintastain m

  1. pebble
  2. flintstone, flint

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *flintastain
Genitive *flintastainas
Singular Plural
Nominative *flintastain *flintastainō, *flintastainōs
Accusative *flintastain *flintastainā
Genitive *flintastainas *flintastainō
Dative *flintastainē *flintastainum
Instrumental *flintastainu *flintastainum

Descendants

  • Old English: *flintstān
  • Old Saxon: *flintstēn
    • Middle Low German: vlintstēn, vlintstein
  • Old High German: flinsstein
    • Middle High German: vlinsstein, vlinstein, flinsstein, flinstein
      • → Middle Low German: vlinsstēn, vlinsstein
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.