*flaumaz

Runic: ᚠᛚᚨᚢᛗᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɸlɑu̯.mɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

stream; current; flow
flood
eddy
din, noise; commotion, tumult
joy, glee, mirth

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *plow-mó-s, from an o-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *plew- (‘to fly, flow, run’) + *-mó-(forms action/result nouns from verb stems) (Kroonen 2013). Cognates are Ancient Greek πλόος (plóos) (plóos, ‘sailing; voyage’), Sanskrit प्लव (plavá) (plavá, ‘swimming, floating’), and Tocharian B plewe (‘raft’). Related to *flawją (‘ship, vessel’), *fleutaną (‘to float, stream’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	flaumaz	flaumōz, flaumōs
Acc.	flaumą	flaumanz
Gen.	flaumas, flaumis	flaumǫ̂
Dat.	flaumai	flaumamaz
Inst.	flaumō	flaumamiz
Voc.	flaum	flaumōz, flaumōs

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Descendants

*flaum (Proto-West Germanic)
- flēam (Old English)
  - flem, fleem, fleme, flæm, fleam, vlem (Middle English)
    - fleam (English)
    - fleem (Scots)
*flaum (Proto-West Germanic)
- *flām, *flēna, fleina (Old Frisian)
  - flāmisk, flāmsk (Old Frisian)
    - *flāmisk (Old Dutch)
      - vlaemsch, vleemsch (Middle Dutch)
        
        Vlaams (Dutch)
        
        Vlemsch, Vloms (West Flemish)
*flaum (Proto-West Germanic)
- *flām, *flēna, fleina (Old Frisian)
  - flāmisk, flāmsk (Old Frisian)
    - *flāmisk (Old Dutch)
      - vlæmisch (Middle High German)
        
        flämisch (German)
*flaum (Proto-West Germanic)
- *flām, *flēna, fleina (Old Frisian)
  - flāmisk, flāmsk (Old Frisian)
    - flēmisċ (Old English)
      - flemmish (Middle English)
        
        Flemish (English)
*flaum (Proto-West Germanic)
- *floum (Old High German)
  - weraltfloum (Old High German)
flaumr (Old Norse)
- floymur (Faroese)
- flaumur (Icelandic)
- flom (Norwegian Bokmål)
- flaum (Norwegian Nynorsk)

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