*fleutą

Runic: ᚠᛚᛖᚢᛏᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈɸleu̯.tɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

river, stream

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *plewd-o-m, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (‘to fly, flow, run’), an extension of root *plew- (‘to fly, flow, run’). Latvian plūdi (‘flood’) is a cognate (Mülenbach, et al. 2000-2026). Related to *fleutaną (‘to float, stream’), *fleutaz (‘nimble, quick’), *flutjaną (‘to move, flutter’), *flutōną (‘to float, drift’), *flutą (‘a body or mass of water; the movement of water; flowing’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.fleutąfleutō
Acc.fleutąfleutō
Gen.fleutas, fliutisfleutǫ̂
Dat.fleutaifleutamaz
Inst.fleutōfleutamiz
Voc.fleutąfleutō

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Descendants

  • *fleut (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fliet (Old Dutch)
      • vliet (Middle Dutch)
        • vliet (Dutch)
          • vliet (Afrikaans)
  • *fleut (Proto-West Germanic)
    • flēot, flēote, flīet (Old English)
      • fleet, floot, flete (Middle English)
        • fleet, floot, flote, flete (English)
        • flete, fleit, flet, flat (Scots)
  • *fleut (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fliāt (Old Frisian)
      • Floot (Saterland Frisian)
      • flit (West Frisian)
  • *fleut (Proto-West Germanic)
    • flioz (Old High German)
      • vliez (Middle High German)
        • Fließ (German)
  • *fleut (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fliot (Old Saxon)
      • vlêt (Middle Low German)
        • Fleet (German)
        • Fleet (Low German)
  • fljót (Old Norse)
    • flyd (Danish)
    • fljót, flót (Faroese)
    • fljót (Icelandic)
    • flyt (Norwegian)
  • fljót (Old Norse)
    • flȳt, fliūt (Old Swedish)
      • fljut, flyt (Swedish)

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