Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/plakjō

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

Unknown. Perhaps of non-Indo-European substrate origin due to the rarity of Indo-European *b > Germanic *p.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplɑk.jɔː/

Noun

*plakjō f

  1. spot, stain
  2. patch, place

Inflection

Declension of *plakjō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *plakjō *plakjôz
vocative *plakjō *plakjôz
accusative *plakjǭ *plakjōz
genitive *plakjōz *plakjǫ̂
dative *plakjōi *plakjōmaz
instrumental *plakjō *plakjōmiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *plakkju
    • Old English: *plæċċ
      • Middle English: *placche, plecche
      • >? Middle English: placche (attested in plural as placchis (“splinters, fragments, pieces”))
    • Old Frisian: *plekk
      • Saterland Frisian: Pläk
      • West Frisian: plak, plek (also possibly a borrowing from Dutch)
    • Old Saxon: *plekkia
      • Middle Low German: plecke
    • Old Dutch: *plekka
      • Middle Dutch: plecke, pleecke, pleke
        • Dutch: plek
        • → Middle English: plecke
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