Where does “flɑkk” come from?
flɑkk (Westrobothnian) comes from Middle Low German vlak, from Old Saxon flak, from Proto-Germanic *flak, from Proto-Germanic flakaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥keh — flat surface.
flɑkk (Westrobothnian): flat
Ancestry of “flɑkk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | vlak | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | flak | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *flak | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | flakaz | flat |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥keh | flat surface |