Where does “flock” come from?

flock (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish flokker, from Old Norse flokkr, from Proto-Germanic flukkaz, from Proto-Germanic flukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European pluknéh₂-.

flock (Swedish): flock; a group of people or animals; murder of...

Definitions

  1. flock; a group of people or animals; murder of...

Ancestry of “flock”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishflokkerflock of animals; group of people; paragraph of a...
2Old Norseflokkrflock; group of at least five persons; a small...
3Proto-Germanicflukkazcrowd, troop, flock
4Proto-Germanicflukkōnąto fly, flutter
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpluknéh₂-—

Words derived from “flock”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pluknéh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flukkōną →Every word from Proto-Germanic flukkaz →