Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flehtaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *pleḱt-, an extension of Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to twine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸlex.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*flehtaną

1. to plait, to weave

Inflection

Conjugation of *flehtaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*flehtō	*flehtaų	—	*flehtai	?
2nd singular	*flihtizi	*flehtaiz	*fleht	*flehtazai	*flehtaizau
3rd singular	*flihtidi	*flehtai	*flehtadau	*flehtadai	*flehtaidau
1st dual	*flehtōz	*flehtaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*flehtadiz	*flehtaidiz	*flehtadiz	—	—
1st plural	*flehtamaz	*flehtaim	—	*flehtandai	*flehtaindau
2nd plural	*flihtid	*flehtaid	*flihtid	*flehtandai	*flehtaindau
3rd plural	*flehtandi	*flehtain	*flehtandau	*flehtandai	*flehtaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*flaht	*fluhtį̄
2nd singular	*flahst	*fluhtīz
3rd singular	*flaht	*fluhtī
1st dual	*fluhtū	*fluhtīw
2nd dual	*fluhtudiz	*fluhtīdiz
1st plural	*fluhtum	*fluhtīm
2nd plural	*fluhtud	*fluhtīd
3rd plural	*fluhtun	*fluhtīn
	present	past
participles	*flehtandz	*fluhtanaz

Descendants

• Old English: fleohtan
• Old Saxon: flehtan
• Old Dutch: *flehtan
  • Middle Dutch: vlechten
    • Dutch: vlechten
    • Limburgish: vlèchte
• Old High German: flehtan
  • Middle High German: vlehten
    • German: flechten
    • Luxembourgish: flechten
• Old Norse: flétta
  • Icelandic: flétta
  • Faroese: flætta
  • Norwegian: flette
  • → Middle English: *fletten
    • Middle English: fletting
  • Old Swedish: flǣtta, flǣta
    • Swedish: fläta
  • Old Danish: *flæthæ (past participle flæth attested)
    • Danish: flette