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
Ancestry of “flock”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | flocc | flock, herd; group, division, troop |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *flokk | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | flukkaz | crowd, troop, flock |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | flukkōną | to fly, flutter |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pluknéh₂- | — |
Words derived from “flock”