*flōraz

Runic: ᚠᛚᛟᚱᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɸlɔː.rɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

  1. ground
  2. floor

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂ros (‘floor’), from *pleh₂- (‘flat’). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *ɸlārom (‘floor’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.flōrazflōrōz, flōrōs
Acc.flōrąflōranz
Gen.flōras, flōrisflōrǫ̂
Dat.flōraiflōramaz
Inst.flōrōflōramiz
Voc.flōrflōrōz, flōrōs

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Descendants

  • *flōr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *fluor, *flōr (Old Dutch)
      • vloer (Middle Dutch)
        • vloer (Dutch)
          • vloer (Afrikaans)
          • fluru (Berbice Creole Dutch)
          • vloer, vluer, flu (Negerhollands)
  • *flōr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *fluor, *flōr (Old Dutch)
      • vloer (Middle Dutch)
        • vloer (Dutch)
          • flur (Sranan Tongo)
            • felur, pelur (Caribbean Javanese)
  • *flōr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • flōr (Old English)
      • flor (Middle English)
        • floor (English)
        • flure, fluir, fleur, fleer (Scots)
  • *flōr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *flor, *flur (Old French)
      • fleur (Middle French)
        • effleurer (French)
  • *flōr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *flor, *flur (Old French)
      • fleur (Middle French)
        • fleur (French)
          • à fleur de (French)
  • *flōr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *flōr, *flēr (Old Frisian)
      • Floor (Saterland Frisian)
      • flier (West Frisian)
  • *flōr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *fluor (Old High German)
      • vluor (Middle High German)
        • Flur (German)
        • Flouer (Luxembourgish)
  • *flōr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *flōr (Old Saxon)
      • vlôr (Middle Low German)
        • Floor (German Low German)
  • flórr (Old Norse)
    • flor (Danish)
    • flórur (Faroese)
    • flór (Icelandic)
    • flo (Swedish)
  • flórr (Old Norse)
    • ? (Norwegian)
      • flor (Norwegian Nynorsk)

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