Where does “flok” come from?

flok (Albanian) comes from Latin floccus, from Frankish flokko, from Proto-Germanic *flukkô, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flok (Albanian): hair

Definitions

  1. hair

Ancestry of “flok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfloccustuft, wisp of wool
2Frankishflokkodown, wool, flock
3Proto-Germanic*flukkô—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “flok”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *flukkô →