Where does “pflücken” come from?

pflücken (German) comes from Middle High German pflocken, from Old High German phlockōn, from Proto-West Germanic *plukkōn, from Proto-Germanic plukkōną — to pluck, pull out or off.

pflücken (German): to pick

Definitions

  1. to pick

Ancestry of “pflücken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanpflocken—
2Old High Germanphlockōn—
3Proto-West Germanic*plukkōn—
4Proto-Germanicplukkōnąto pluck, pull out or off

Words derived from “pflücken”

Every word from Proto-Germanic plukkōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *plukkōn →Every word from Old High German phlockōn →