Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flekkōną

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

From *flekka- (“stain, spot”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɛk.kɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*flekkōną

1. to stain, to blemish

Inflection

Conjugation of *flekkōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*flekkō	*flekkǭ	—	*flekkōi	?
2nd singular	*flekkōsi	*flekkōs	*flekkō	*flekkōsai	*flekkōsau
3rd singular	*flekkōþi	*flekkō	*flekkōþau	*flekkōþai	*flekkōþau
1st dual	*flekkōs	*flekkōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*flekkōþiz	*flekkōþiz	*flekkōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*flekkōmaz	*flekkōm	—	*flekkōnþai	*flekkōnþau
2nd plural	*flekkōþ	*flekkōþ	*flekkōþ	*flekkōnþai	*flekkōnþau
3rd plural	*flekkōnþi	*flekkōn	*flekkōnþau	*flekkōnþai	*flekkōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*flekkōdǭ	*flekkōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*flekkōdēz	*flekkōdēdīz
3rd singular	*flekkōdē	*flekkōdēdī
1st dual	*flekkōdēdū	*flekkōdēdīw
2nd dual	*flekkōdēdudiz	*flekkōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*flekkōdēdum	*flekkōdēdīm
2nd plural	*flekkōdēdud	*flekkōdēdīd
3rd plural	*flekkōdēdun	*flekkōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*flekkōndz	*flekkōdaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *flekkōn
  • Old English: *fleccian
    • Middle English: *flekken (attested as flekked)
      • English: fleck
  • Old Frisian: flekkia
    • >? West Frisian: flekke (a class 1 weak verb, possibly borrowed from Dutch instead)
  • Old Dutch: *flekkon
    • Middle Dutch: vlecken
      • Dutch: vlekken
  • Old High German: *flekkōn
    • ⇒ Old High German: giflekkōn
    • Middle High German: vlecken
      • German: flecken
      • Luxembourgish: flecken
• Old Norse: flekka
  • Norwegian:

    Norwegian Bokmål: flekke

    Norwegian Nynorsk: flekke, flekka

  • Swedish: fläcka