*flainaz

Runic: ᚠᛚᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɸlɑi̯.nɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

hook, prong, spear tip, ord

Etymology

Uncertain. An obvious but speculative Proto-Indo-European etymon would be **ploy(-)n-o-s but there is no well-established root that fits this form. Traditional etymologies connect this term with Old Prussian playnis (‘steel’) and Lithuanian pliẽnas (‘steel’) (Trautmann 1910), however current etymological analysis for those terms is also disputed.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.flainazflainōz, flainōs
Acc.flainąflainanz
Gen.flainas, flainisflainǫ̂
Dat.flainaiflainamaz
Inst.flainōflainamiz
Voc.flainflainōz, flainōs

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Descendants

  • *flain (Proto-West Germanic)
    • flān, flā (Old English)
      • flan, flon, floon, fla, flo (Middle English)
        • flone, flo (English)
        • flane, flain (Scots)
  • fleinn (Old Norse)
    • fleinn (Icelandic)
    • flein (Norwegian Bokmål)

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