Where does “flockling” come from?

flockling (English) comes from English flock, from Middle English flok, from Old French floc, from Late Latin floccus, from Frankish flokko, from Proto-Germanic *flukkô, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flockling (English): A lamb

Definitions

  1. A lamb

Ancestry of “flockling”, step by step

flockling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English flock

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflockA large number of birds, especially those...
2Middle Englishfloktuft of wool
3Old Frenchfloctuft of wool
4Late Latinfloccustuft of wool; tuft, wisp of wool
5Frankishflokkodown, wool, flock
6Proto-Germanic*flukkô
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via English Ling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLingAny of various codlike saltwater fish often used as food by humans, those of the genus Molva, in the family Lotidae
2Middle EnglishlingAny of various varieties of heather or broom
3Old Norselyngheather, ling
4Proto-Germaniclingwąheather, ling
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlengʷʰom
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlengʷʰ-light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk-Every word from Proto-Germanic *flukkô