Where does “plucken” come from?
plucken (Middle English) comes from Old English pluccian, from Proto-West Germanic *plukkōn, from Proto-Germanic plukkōną — to pluck, pull out or off.
Ancestry of “plucken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | pluccian | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *plukkōn | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | plukkōną | to pluck, pull out or off |
Words derived from “plucken”