*fleugǭ

Runic: ᚠᛚᛖᚢᚷᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈɸleu̯.ɣɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

flying insect, fly

Etymology

Nominal formation from *fleuganą (‘to fly’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.fleugǭfleugōniz
Acc.fleugōnųfleugōnunz
Gen.fleugōnizfleugōnǫ̂
Dat.fleugōnifleugōmaz
Inst.fleugōnēfleugōmiz
Voc.fleugǭfleugōniz

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Descendants

  • *fleugā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fliega (Old Dutch)
      • vlieghe (Middle Dutch)
        • vleeg (Limburgish)
  • *fleugā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fliega (Old Dutch)
      • vlieghe (Middle Dutch)
        • vlieg (Dutch)
          • vlieg (Afrikaans)
  • *fleugā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • flēoge, flēge, flīeġe (Old English)
      • flye, fflye, fleȝe, fleie, fleye, flie, fliȝe, vlye, flehe, vliȝe, flei, fley (Middle English)
        • fly (English)
        • flee, fle, flei (Scots)
  • *fleugā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *fliāge (Old Frisian)
      • Fljooge (Saterland Frisian)
  • *fleugā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • flioga, fliuga (Old High German)
      • vliege, fliuge (Middle High German)
        • Flüüge (Alemannic German)
        • Fluig (Bavarian)
        • Fliege, Fleug (German)
        • Fléi (Luxembourgish)
        • פֿליג (flig) (Yiddish)
  • *fleugā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • flioga, fliega (Old Saxon)
      • vlēge (Middle Low German)
        • Fleeg (Low German)
        • Fläj (Plautdietsch)
  • *fljúga (Old Norse)
    • fljúga (Faroese)
    • fliuga, fljuge (Norwegian)

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