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 from Proto-Indo-European *pleyḱ- (“to tear”), related to Lithuanian plėšti (“to tear”). But see Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to beat, push, drive”).

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸlek.kɑ/

Noun

*flekka-

1. spot; mark; blemish

Derived terms

• *flekkaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *flekk, *flakk
  • Old English: *flecc, *flæcc
    • Middle English: *flekk (attested in Middle English flekked (past participle))
      • English: fleck
      • Scots: flek, fleck
  • Old Frisian: *flekk (attested in Old Frisian flekka; flekkia)
    • Saterland Frisian: Fläk
    • West Frisian: flek
  • Old Saxon: *flek, *flak
    • Middle Low German: flek, vlek, vlak, vlack
      • German Low German: Fleck
  • Old Dutch: flec (in names); flecka f
    • Middle Dutch: vlecke, vlacke
      • Dutch: vlek
        • Afrikaans: vlek
  • Old High German: flek, flec
    • Middle High German: vlëc
      • German: Fleck
      • Yiddish: פֿלעק (flek)
• Old Norse: flekkr
  • Icelandic: flekkur
  • Faroese: flekkur
  • Norwegian: flekk
  • Swedish: fläck

Derived terms

• *flekkô
  • Proto-West Germanic: *flekkō
    • 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)