Where does “flock” come from?

flock (Middle English) comes from Old English flocc, from Proto-West Germanic *flokk, from Proto-Germanic flukkaz, from Proto-Germanic flukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European pluknéh₂-.

flock (Middle English): flock

Definitions

  1. flock

Ancestry of “flock”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfloccflock, herd; group, division, troop
2Proto-West Germanic*flokk—
3Proto-Germanicflukkazcrowd, troop, flock
4Proto-Germanicflukkōnąto fly, flutter
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpluknéh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pluknéh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flukkōną →Every word from Proto-Germanic flukkaz →