Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flaskǭ

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 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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Possibly from earlier *flahtskō, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to weave”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Orel alternatively compares the word to Lithuanian plókščias (“flat”), Proto-Slavic *ploskъ (“idem”), with these terms possibly also stemming from *pleḱ-.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*flaskǭ f

  1. a plaiting-covered vessel
  2. bottle, flask

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *flaskǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *flaskǭ *flaskōniz
vocative *flaskǭ *flaskōniz
accusative *flaskōnų *flaskōnunz
genitive *flaskōniz *flaskōnǫ̂
dative *flaskōni *flaskōmaz
instrumental *flaskōnē *flaskōmiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*flaskō(n)”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 105
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