Where does “fleck” come from?

Fleck comes from Middle English flekk, from Old Norse flekkr, from Proto-Germanic flekka-, from Proto-Indo-European pleyḱ-.

fleck (English): A flake; A lock, as of wool; A small spot or...

Definitions

  1. A flake; A lock, as of wool; A small spot or...

Ancestry of “fleck”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishflekk—
2Old Norseflekkrspot
3Proto-Germanicflekka-spot; mark; blemish
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂k-to beat, strike; to strike, fast; to beat, hit,...

Words derived from “fleck”

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