Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flatją

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 *flataz (“flat”) +‎ *-ją (“neuter collective suffix”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸlɑt.jɑ̃/

Noun

*flatją n[1]

  1. a level surface; level ground
  2. the floor of a house
  3. house; dwelling

Inflection

Declension of *flatją (neuter ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *flatją *flatjō
vocative *flatją *flatjō
accusative *flatją *flatjō
genitive *flatjas, *flatis *flatjǫ̂
dative *flatjai *flatjamaz
instrumental *flatjō *flatjamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *flati
    • Old English: flett, flet
    • Old Frisian: flett, flet
    • Old Saxon: fletti, flett, flet
      • Middle Low German: vlette, vlet
        • Low German: Flet
    • Old Dutch: *fletti
      • Middle Dutch: vlette, vlet
        • Dutch: vlet
    • Old High German: flezzi
      • Middle High German: vletze, vlez
        • German: Fletz, Flötz
  • Proto-Norse: *ᚠᛚᚨᛏᛃᚨ (*flatja)
    • Old Norse: flet
    • → Proto-Finnic: *lattija (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*flatja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 145
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