Where does “flokk” come from?

flokk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse flokkr, from Proto-Germanic flukkaz, from Proto-Germanic flukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European pluknéh₂-.

flokk (Norwegian Bokmål): a flock, herd, crowd; a school; A Norse ode or...

Definitions

  1. a flock, herd, crowd; a school; A Norse ode or...

Ancestry of “flokk”, step by step

flokk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse flokkr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseflokkrflock; group of at least five persons; a small...
2Proto-Germanicflukkazcrowd, troop, flock
3Proto-Germanicflukkōnąto fly, flutter
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpluknéh₂-—

via Middle Low German vlocke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvlockecrowd, flock

Words derived from “flokk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pluknéh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flukkōną →Every word from Proto-Germanic flukkaz →