Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flukkaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸluk.kɑz/

Noun

*flukkaz m

crowd, troop, flock

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension 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

Descendants

Old English: flocc
- Middle English: flokk, flock, flok
  - Scots: flok, floke
  - English: flock
Old Saxon: *flokk
- Middle Low German: vlocke
  - (German Low German: Flüggt?)
Old Frankish: *flokk
- Old French: floc, fulc, flou
Old Norse: flokkr
- Icelandic: flokkur
- Faroese: flokkur
- Norn: flokk
- Norwegian: flokk
- Old Swedish: flokker, flukker
  - Swedish: flock
- Danish: flok
- Norman: fliotchet (Jersey)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill