Where does “floccus” come from?

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

floccus (Late Latin): tuft of wool; tuft, wisp of wool

Definitions

  1. tuft of wool; tuft, wisp of wool

Ancestry of “floccus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “floccus”

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