Where does “plécken” come from?

plécken (Luxembourgish) 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.

plécken (Luxembourgish): to pluck

Definitions

  1. to pluck

Ancestry of “plécken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanpflocken—
2Old High Germanphlockōn—
3Proto-West Germanic*plukkōn—
4Proto-Germanicplukkōnąto pluck, pull out or off
Every word from Proto-Germanic plukkōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *plukkōn →Every word from Old High German phlockōn →
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