Where does “flocc” come from?

flocc (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *flokk, from Proto-Germanic flukkaz, from Proto-Germanic flukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European pluknéh₂-.

flocc (Old English): flock, herd; group, division, troop

Definitions

  1. flock, herd; group, division, troop

Ancestry of “flocc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*flokk—
2Proto-Germanicflukkazcrowd, troop, flock
3Proto-Germanicflukkōnąto fly, flutter
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpluknéh₂-—

Words derived from “flocc”

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