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Where does “flukkōn-” come from?

flukkōn- (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

Ancestry of “flukkōn-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
2Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “flukkōn-”

  • flokko
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →