flacg

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *flaguk (“flat piece”), diminutive of Proto-Germanic *flagą (“something flat, flat or level surface”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“fold, pleat”) or Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad; plain”). Compare Old Norse flag (“flat piece of land, plain, area, ground”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flɑɡɡ/, [flɑɡ]

Noun

flacg ?

  1. a plaster, poultice, cataplasm

Descendants

  • >? Middle English: flagge (“flagstone, piece of turf or sod”)
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