Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flekka-

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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-

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleyḱ- (“to tear”), related to Lithuanian plėšti (“to tear”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸlek.kɑ/

Noun

*flekka-

1. spot; mark; blemish

Derived terms

• *flekkaz

Descendants

• Old English: *flecc, *flæcc
  • Middle English: *flekk (attested in Middle English flekked (past participle))
    • English: 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)
  • Middle Dutch: fleck
    • Dutch: vlek
• Old High German: flek, flec
  • Middle High German: vlëc
    • German: Fleck
    • Yiddish: פֿלעק‎ (flek)
• Old Norse: flekkr
  • Icelandic: flekkur
  • Swedish: fläck

Derived terms

• *flekkô

Descendants

• 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

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “fleck”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.