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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flakkōną

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸlɑk.kɔː.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

From Pre-Germanic *plh₂knéh₂-, an iterative formation to *flōkaną (to slap, mourn).

Verb

*flakkōną

  1. to beat
Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *flakk- against non-singular *flag-.

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *flakkōn
    • Old English: *flaccian
      • Middle English: flakken, flacken
    • Old Dutch: *flakkon
      • Middle Dutch: vlacken (to shoot, blaze, flicker)

Etymology 2

Considered by Kroonen to be a secondary o-grade iterative formation to zero-grade *flukkōną (to fly), from *fleuganą (to fly).

Verb

*flakkōną

  1. to flutter
Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *flakk- against non-singular *flag-.

Descendants
  • Old English: *flaccian
  • Middle Dutch: vlacken, vlaken
    • (Dutch: vlakkeren, (more common) flakkeren)
  • (Old High German: flagarōn)
  • Norwegian: flaga

References

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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