Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flukkaz

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

Probably originally used of birds, in which case a derivation from *flukkōną (“to fly, flutter”) is possible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸluk.kɑz/

Noun

*flukkaz m

1. 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

• Proto-West Germanic: *flokk
  • Old English: flocc
    • Middle English: flokk, flock, flok
      • Scots: flok, floke
      • English: flock
  • Old Saxon: *flokk
    • Middle Low German: vlocke
      • (German Low German: Flüggt?)
  • Frankish: *flokk
    • Old Dutch: *flokk, *flok
      • Middle Dutch: vloc
    • → 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)