Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flekka-

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

Alternative forms

  • *flakka-, *flakkija-

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly related to Lithuanian plėšti (“to tear”).[1] However, compare Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to beat, push, drive”).

Maybe related to *flakaz (“flat”) if the original sense was rather "place, region".[2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸlek.kɑ/

Noun

*flekka-

  1. spot; mark; blemish
  2. piece
  • *flekkô, *flakkô
    • Proto-West Germanic: *flekkō, *flakkō
      • Old Saxon: *flekko
        • Middle Low German: vlecke
      • Old Dutch: *flekko, flakko
        • Middle Dutch: vlecke, vlacke
      • Old High German: flekko, flecko
        • Middle High German: flecke, vlecke
          • German: Flecken, Fleck (partially merged with the descendant of the a-stem noun)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *flekk, *flakk
    • Old English: *flecc, *flæcc
    • Old Frisian: *flekk (attested in Old Frisian flekka; flekkia)
      • Saterland Frisian: Fläk
      • West Frisian: flek
    • Old Saxon: *flek, *flak
    • Old Dutch: flec (in names); flecka f
      • Middle Dutch: vlecke, vlacke
    • Old High German: flek, flec
  • Old Norse: flekkr

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “fleck”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*flekkaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 106
  3. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “vlek”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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