Where does “floc” come from?

floc (Old French) comes from Late Latin floccus, from Frankish flokko, from Proto-Germanic *flukkô, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

floc (Old French): tuft of wool

Definitions

  1. tuft of wool

Ancestry of “floc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinfloccustuft of wool; tuft, wisp of wool
2Frankishflokkodown, wool, flock
3Proto-Germanic*flukkô—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “floc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *flukkô →