Where does “flocos” come from?

flocos (Romanian) comes from Latin floccosus, from Latin floccus, from Frankish flokko, from Proto-Germanic *flukkô, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flocos (Romanian): hairy, wooly; flocculent

Definitions

  1. hairy, wooly; flocculent

Ancestry of “flocos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfloccosusfloccose
2Latinfloccustuft, wisp of wool
3Frankishflokkodown, wool, flock
4Proto-Germanic*flukkô—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “flocos”

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