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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Uncertain, possibly related to Lithuanian plėšti (“to tear”).[1] However, compare Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to beat, push, drive”).
Maybe related to *flakaz (“flat”) if the original sense was rather "place, region".[2][3]
Pronunciation
Noun
*flekka-
- spot; mark; blemish
- piece
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “fleck”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*flekkaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 106
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “vlek”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute