flasca

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *flaskā (“bottle, flask”). Attested in Isidore.[1]

Noun

flasca f (genitive flascae); first declension (Late Latin)

flask

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	flasca	flascae
Genitive	flascae	flascārum
Dative	flascae	flascīs
Accusative	flascam	flascās
Ablative	flascā	flascīs
Vocative	flasca	flascae

Descendants

Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: flasca
- Occitan: flasca
- Old French: flaske, flake
  - Middle French: flasque
    - French: flasque
      - → Dutch: flask
  - Norman: fllac
  - ⇒ Old French: flasket
    - Middle French: flasquet
      - → English: flasket
    - ⇒ Old French: flakket, flaket
      - Middle French: flaket, flachet
      - → English: flaket, flaget
Ibero-Romance:
- Galician: frasca

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “flaska”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 15/2: Germanismes: Bu–F, page 138

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *flaskā.

Noun

flasca f

Alternative form of flaska

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