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Where does “pluccian” come from?

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

Ancestry of “pluccian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*plukkōn—
2Proto-Germanicplukkōnąto pluck, pull out or off

Words derived from “pluccian”

  • pluck
  • plucky
  • pluckily
  • plucker
  • plucketh
  • pluckiness
  • pluckest
  • pluckable
  • pluckless
  • overpluck
  • hairpluck
  • plockien
  • plucken
  • plukken
Every word from Proto-Germanic plukkōną →