Where does “flok” come from?

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

flok (Middle English): tuft of wool

Definitions

  1. tuft of wool

Ancestry of “flok”, step by step

flok traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French floc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfloctuft of wool
2Late Latinfloccustuft of wool; tuft, wisp of wool
3Frankishflokkodown, wool, flock
4Proto-Germanic*flukkô—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Old English flocc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfloccflock, herd; group, division, troop
2Proto-West Germanic*flokk—
3Proto-Germanicflukkazcrowd, troop, flock
4Proto-Germanicflukkōnąto fly, flutter
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpluknéh₂-—

Words derived from “flok”

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