Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flakkōną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸlɑk.kɔː.nɑ̃/

From Pre-Germanic *plh₂knéh₂-, an iterative formation to *flōkaną (“to slap, mourn”).

*flakkōną

1. to beat

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *flakk- against non-singular *flag-.

• Proto-West Germanic: *flakkōn
  • Old English: *flaccian
    • Middle English: flakken, flacken
      • English: flack
      • Scots: flack (obsolete)
  • Old Dutch: *flakkon
    • Middle Dutch: vlacken (“to shoot, blaze, flicker”)
      • Dutch: vlakken

Considered by Kroonen to be a secondary o-grade iterative formation to zero-grade *flukkōną (“to fly”), from *fleuganą (“to fly”).

*flakkōną

1. to flutter

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *flakk- against non-singular *flag-.

• *flagǭ
• *flakuraz
• *flakurōną
• *flakutjaną

• Old English: *flaccian
  • Middle English: flakken, flacken, flaken, flaggen
• Middle Dutch: vlacken, vlaken
  • (Dutch: vlakkeren, (more common) flakkeren)
• (Old High German: flagarōn)
• Norwegian: flaga

• Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN