Where does “plukken” come from?

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

plukken (Middle English): To pluck; to pull or yank out

Definitions

  1. To pluck; to pull or yank out

Ancestry of “plukken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishpluccianto pluck, pull away, tear
2Proto-West Germanic*plukkōn—
3Proto-Germanicplukkōnąto pluck, pull out or off
Every word from Proto-Germanic plukkōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *plukkōn →Every word from Old English pluccian →