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

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

Words derived from “plucken”

Every word from Proto-Germanic plukkōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *plukkōn →Every word from Old English pluccian →