*fleutaną

Runic: ᚠᛚᛖᚢᛏᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈɸleu̯.tɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 2

Meanings

to float, stream

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *pléwd-e/o-, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (‘to fly, flow, run’), an extension of root *plew- (‘to fly, flow, run’). Lithuanian plū́sti ('flow out, overflow') ('flow out, overflow'), is a cognate (Derksen 2015). Related to *fleutą (‘river, stream’), *fleutaz (‘nimble, quick’), *flutjaną (‘to move, flutter’), *flutōną (‘to float, drift’), *flutą (‘a body or mass of water; the movement of water; flowing’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	fleutō	fleutaų	–
2nd singular	fliutizi	fleutaiz	fleut
3rd singular	fliutidi	fleutai	fleutadau
1st dual	fleutōz	fleutaiw	–
2nd dual	fleutadiz	fleutaidiz	fleutadiz
1st plural	fleutamaz	fleutaim	–
2nd plural	fliutid	fleutaid	fliutid
3rd plural	fleutandi	fleutain	fleutandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	fleutai	–
2nd singular	fleutazai	fleutaizau
3rd singular	fleutadai	fleutaidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	fleutandai	fleutaindau
2nd plural	fleutandai	fleutaindau
3rd plural	fleutandai	fleutaindau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	flaut	flutį̄
2nd singular	flaust	flutīz
3rd singular	flaut	flutī
1st dual	flutū	flutīw
2nd dual	flutudiz	flutīdiz
1st plural	flutum	flutīm
2nd plural	flutud	flutīd
3rd plural	flutun	flutīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
fleutaną	fleutandz	flutanaz

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Descendants

*fleutan (Proto-West Germanic)
- flietan (Old Dutch)
  - vlieten (Middle Dutch)
    - vlieten (Dutch)
*fleutan (Proto-West Germanic)
- flēotan (Old English)
  - fleten, fleoten, flete, fleetyn, fleete (Middle English)
    - fleet (English)
    - fleet (Scots)
*fleutan (Proto-West Germanic)
- fliāta (Old Frisian)
  - fljoote (Saterland Frisian)
*fleutan (Proto-West Germanic)
- flioȥan (Old High German)
  - vlieȥen (Middle High German)
    - fließen (German)
    - fléissen (Luxembourgish)
    - פֿליסן (flisn) (Yiddish)
*fleutan (Proto-West Germanic)
- fliotan (Old Saxon)
  - vlêten (Middle Low German)
    - flieten (Low German)
fljóta (Old Norse)
- fljóta, flóta (Faroese)
- fljóta (Icelandic)
- fljota, flyta (Norwegian Nynorsk)
fljóta (Old Norse)
- flytæ (Old Danish)
  - flyde (Danish)
    - flyte (Norwegian Bokmål)
fljóta (Old Norse)
- flȳta, fliūta (Old Swedish)
  - flyta (Swedish)

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