Where does “flascon” come from?

flascon (Old French) comes from Latin flascōnem, from Latin flascō, from Frankish flaska, from Proto-Germanic flaskǭ, from Proto-Germanic flehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

flascon (Old French): flask apparatus for transporting liquids

Definitions

  1. flask apparatus for transporting liquids

Ancestry of “flascon”, step by step

flascon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin flascōnem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflascōnem—
2Latinflascōbottle
3Frankishflaskabottle, flask
4Proto-Germanicflaskǭa plaiting-covered vessel; bottle, flask
5Proto-Germanicflehtanąto plait, to weave
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

via Late Latin flasconem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinflasconemaccusative singular of flascō

Words derived from “flascon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flehtaną →