Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/plakjō

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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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈplɑk.jɔː/

Noun edit

*plakjō f

spot, stain
patch, place

Inflection edit

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

Related terms edit

*plaggą

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *plakkju
- Old English: *plæċċ
  - Middle English: *placche, plecche
    - ⇒? Middle English: pacche
      - English: patch
  - >? 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
      - English: pleck