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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flekkōn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *flekkōną, equivalent to *flekk (“stain, spot”) + *-ōn.
Verb
*flekkōn
- to stain, to blemish
Inflection
| Class 2 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *flekkōn | |
| 1st sg. past | *flekkōdā | |
| Infinitive | *flekkōn | |
| Genitive infin. | *flekkōnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *flekkōnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *flekkōniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *flekkō | *flekkōdā |
| 2nd singular | *flekkōs | *flekkōdēs, *flekkōdōs |
| 3rd singular | *flekkōþ | *flekkōdē, *flekkōdā |
| 1st plural | *flekkōm | *flekkōdum |
| 2nd plural | *flekkōþ | *flekkōdud |
| 3rd plural | *flekkōnþ | *flekkōdun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *flekkō | *flekkōdī |
| 2nd singular | *flekkōs | *flekkōdī |
| 3rd singular | *flekkō | *flekkōdī |
| 1st plural | *flekkōm | *flekkōdīm |
| 2nd plural | *flekkōþ | *flekkōdīd |
| 3rd plural | *flekkōn | *flekkōdīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *flekkō | |
| Plural | *flekkōþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *flekkōndī | *flekkōd |
Descendants
- Old English: *fleccian
- Middle English: *flekken (attested as flekked)
- English: fleck
- Middle English: *flekken (attested as flekked)
- Old Frisian: flekkia
- >? West Frisian: flekke (a class 1 weak verb, possibly borrowed from Dutch instead)
- Old Dutch: *flekkon
- Middle Dutch: vlecken
- Dutch: vlekken
- Middle Dutch: vlecken
- Old High German: *flekkōn
- ⇒ Old High German: giflekkōn
- Middle High German: vlecken
- German: flecken
- Luxembourgish: flecken