Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flukkaz

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

Probably originally used of birds, in which case a derivation from *flukkōną (“to fly, flutter”) is possible, with the original sense as "a group of flying animals" > "general group of mobile creatures".[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸluk.kɑz/

Noun

*flukkaz m

  1. crowd, troop, flock

Inflection

Declension of *flukkaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *flukkaz *flukkōz, *flukkōs
vocative *flukk *flukkōz, *flukkōs
accusative *flukką *flukkanz
genitive *flukkas, *flukkis *flukkǫ̂
dative *flukkai *flukkamaz
instrumental *flukkō *flukkamiz

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *flokk
    • Old English: flocc
    • Old Saxon: *flokk
      • Middle Low German: vlocke m or f
        • German Low German: Flock f
    • Frankish: *flokk
      • Old Dutch: *flokk, *flok
        • >? Middle Dutch: vloc (generally regarded as a metathesis of volc)
      • → Old French: floc, fulc, flou
  • Old Norse: flokkr

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*flukka(n)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 148-9
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