Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flukkōną

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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

From earlier paradigm *flukkōþi ~ *flugunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *pluk-nā́-ti ~ *pluk-un-ánti, iterative to *fleuganą (to fly).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸluk.kɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*flukkōną

  1. to fly, flutter

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, *flukk- against *flug-.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: flogen
  • Old High German: *flockōn

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*flukk/gōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 149