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Where does “plockien” come from?

plockien (Middle English) comes from Old English pluccian, from Proto-West Germanic *plukkōn, from Proto-Germanic plukkōną — to pluck, pull out or off.

Ancestry of “plockien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishpluccian—
2Proto-West Germanic*plukkōn—
3Proto-Germanicplukkōnąto pluck, pull out or off

Words derived from “plockien”

  • pluck
  • plucky
  • pluckily
  • plucker
  • plucketh
  • pluckiness
  • pluckest
  • pluckable
  • pluckless
  • overpluck
  • hairpluck
Every word from Proto-Germanic plukkōną →