*flaiski
Runic: ᚠᛚᚨᛁᛊᚲᛁ Pronunciation: /ˈɸlɑi̯s.ki/noun · neuter · i-stem
Meanings
meat, flesh
Etymology
Uncertain. An obvious i-stem on the basis of Old English with [æː] instead of [ɑː] and the palatalized sibilant cluster, triggered by an [i] in the suffix. The traditional etymologies linking Proto-Germanic *flekkaz (‘spot; mark; blemish; piece’) and related words are phonologically and semantically problematic. Lloyd & (Lühr 2007) suggest a link to *flahaną (‘to skin, flay’). They work this out with a possible secondary formation: an expressive i-vocalism with an *-sk-suffix, perhaps something like *flaih-sk-(from *plek-), comparing the formation with Proto-Germanic *maiskaz (‘mash’, from root *meyḱ- (‘mix’)), with a meaning of ‘a kind of piece, something torn off’, later concretized as ‘piece of bacon, flesh’. Boutkan & (Siebinga 2005) consider this a regional North European substrate loanword.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | flaiski | flaiskī |
| Acc. | flaiski | flaiskī |
| Gen. | flaiskīz | flaiskijǫ̂ |
| Dat. | flaiskī | flaiskimaz |
| Inst. | flaiskī | flaiskimiz |
| Voc. | flaiski | flaiskī |
Descendants
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*flaiski (Proto-West Germanic)
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flēsc (Old Dutch)
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vlêesch (Middle Dutch)
- vleisj (Limburgish)
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vlêesch (Middle Dutch)
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flēsc (Old Dutch)
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*flaiski (Proto-West Germanic)
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flēsc (Old Dutch)
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vlêesch (Middle Dutch)
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vlees, vleesch, vleis (Dutch)
- vleis (Afrikaans)
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vlees, vleesch, vleis (Dutch)
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vlêesch (Middle Dutch)
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flēsc (Old Dutch)
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*flaiski (Proto-West Germanic)
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flǣsċ (Old English)
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flesh (Middle English)
- flesh (English)
- flesch (Scots)
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flesh (Middle English)
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flǣsċ (Old English)
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*flaiski (Proto-West Germanic)
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flāsk, flēsk (Old Frisian)
- Flaask (Saterland Frisian)
- fleis (West Frisian)
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flāsk, flēsk (Old Frisian)
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*flaiski (Proto-West Germanic)
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fleisk (Old High German)
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vleisch, fleis, fleisch, flēsch, vleis, vlēsch (Middle High German)
- Fleesch, Fleisch, Flääsch (Central Franconian)
- Fleisch (German)
- Flaasch, Flaisch, Fleesch (Rhine Franconian)
- פֿלייש (fleysh) (Yiddish)
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vleisch, fleis, fleisch, flēsch, vleis, vlēsch (Middle High German)
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fleisk (Old High German)
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*flaiski (Proto-West Germanic)
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flēsk (Old Saxon)
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vlêsk, vlêsch, vlês (Middle Low German)
- Fleesch (Plautdietsch)
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vlêsk, vlêsch, vlês (Middle Low German)
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flēsk (Old Saxon)
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flesk, fleski (Old Norse)
- flesk (Faroese)
- fleski, flesk (Icelandic)
- flesk (Norwegian)
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flesk, fleski (Old Norse)
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flæsk (Old Danish)
- flæsk (Danish)
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flæsk (Old Danish)
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flesk, fleski (Old Norse)
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flæsk (Old Swedish)
- flask (Swedish)
- läski (Finnish)
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flæsk (Old Swedish)