Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/plaggą
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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[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Perhaps a borrowing from an unknown pre-Germanic, but possibly Indo-European, substrate language in which the p has not yet undergone Grimm's law, and distantly related to *flahaną (“to flay, skin”) or *flehtaną (“to weave, plait”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*plaggą n
Inflection[edit]
| neuter a-stemDeclension of *plaggą (neuter a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *plaggą | *plaggō | |
| vocative | *plaggą | *plaggō | |
| accusative | *plaggą | *plaggō | |
| genitive | *plaggas, *plaggis | *plaggǫ̂ | |
| dative | *plaggai | *plaggamaz | |
| instrumental | *plaggō | *plaggamiz | |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: *plæcca; *plecc
- Old Frisian: *plakka
- Old Saxon: *plakko; *plekkia
- Old Dutch: *plakko; *plekka
- Old High German: *phlacko, *phlaggo, (Central German) *plaggo
- Old Norse: plagg
References[edit]
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “plag”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute