*flahsą

Runic: ᚠᛚᚨᚺᛊᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈɸlɑx.sɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

flax

Etymology

Usually derived from pre-Germanic *ploḱ-s-ó-m, a thematicized s-stem noun from Proto-Indo-European root *pleḱ- (‘to fold, plait, weave’) (Kroonen 2013). However, a link with Van Beek’s (2022) root *plek- (‘to strip, flay, tear’), related to Ancient Greek πλάξ (pláx) (pláx, ‘any-thing flat and broad’), seems like a better semantic fit.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	flahsą	flahsō
Acc.	flahsą	flahsō
Gen.	flahsas, flahsis	flahsǫ̂
Dat.	flahsai	flahsamaz
Inst.	flahsō	flahsamiz
Voc.	flahsą	flahsō

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Descendants

*flahs (Proto-West Germanic)
- *flas (Old Dutch)
  - vlas (Middle Dutch)
    - vlas (Dutch)
      - vlas (Afrikaans)
*flahs (Proto-West Germanic)
- fleax, flæx, flex (Old English)
  - flax, fflex, flaxe, flex, flexe, vlex (Middle English)
    - flax (English)
*flahs (Proto-West Germanic)
- flax (Old Frisian)
  - Floaks (Saterland Frisian)
  - flaaks (West Frisian)
*flahs (Proto-West Germanic)
- flahs (Old High German)
  - vlahs (Middle High German)
    - Flachs (German)
    - Fluess (Luxembourgish)
    - Flaas, Flas, Flachs (Rhine Franconian)
*flahs (Proto-West Germanic)
- *flahs (Old Saxon)
  - vlas (Middle Low German)
    - Flauss (Plautdietsch)
*flahs (Proto-West Germanic)
- *flahs (Old Saxon)
  - vlas (Middle Low German)
    - Flass (Low German)
      - Flass (Low German)

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