*flōduz

Runic: ᚠᛚᛟᛞᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɸlɔː.ðuz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

river
flood

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *plóh₃tus (‘overflow, deluge’), from the root *pleh₃(w)- (‘to flow, run’). Synchronically analyzed as a tu-stem nominal formation from *flōaną (‘to flow’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	flōduz	flōdiwiz
Acc.	flōdų	flōdunz
Gen.	flōdauz	flōdiwǫ̂
Dat.	flōdiwi	flōdumaz
Inst.	flōdū	flōdumiz
Voc.	flōdu	flōdiwiz

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Descendants

*flōdu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *flōtus (Vulgar Latin)
*flōdu (Proto-West Germanic)
- fluod (Old Dutch)
  - vloet (Middle Dutch)
    - vlood (Limburgish)
*flōdu (Proto-West Germanic)
- fluod (Old Dutch)
  - vloet (Middle Dutch)
    - vloed (Dutch)
      - vloed (Afrikaans)
      - flutu (Berbice Creole Dutch)
      - floed (Javindo)
*flōdu (Proto-West Germanic)
- flōd, ᚠᛚᚩᛞᚢ (flódu) (Old English)
  - flōdus (Anglo-Latin)
*flōdu (Proto-West Germanic)
- flōd, ᚠᛚᚩᛞᚢ (flódu) (Old English)
  - flod, flood, floode, flode, flowt, fflood, fflode, vlode (Middle English)
    - flood (English)
    - fluid, flude (Scots)
*flōdu (Proto-West Germanic)
- flōd (Old Frisian)
  - floth (North Frisian)
  - Floud (Saterland Frisian)
  - floed (West Frisian)
*flōdu (Proto-West Germanic)
- fluot (Old High German)
  - vluot (Middle High German)
    - fluut (Cimbrian)
    - Flut (German)
*flōdu (Proto-West Germanic)
- flōd, fluod (Old Saxon)
  - vlōt, vloet (Middle Low German)
    - Flood (German Low German)
flóð (Old Norse)
- flóð (Faroese)
- flóð, flæður (Icelandic)
- flod (Norwegian)
flóð (Old Norse)
- floth (Old Danish)
  - flod (Danish)
flóð (Old Norse)
- flōþ (Old Swedish)
  - flod (Swedish)
flœðr (Old Norse)
- flóð (Faroese)
- flóð, flæður (Icelandic)
- flod (Norwegian)
flœðr (Old Norse)
- floth (Old Danish)
  - flod (Danish)
flœðr (Old Norse)
- flōþ (Old Swedish)
  - flod (Swedish)
𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (flōdus) (Gothic)
*loodëh (Proto-Finnic)

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