Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flukkaz

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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

Probably originally used of birds, in which case a derivation from *flukkōną (“to fly, flutter”) is possible.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*flukkaz m

  1. crowd, troop, flock

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *flukkaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *flukkaz *flukkōz, *flukkōs
vocative *flukk *flukkōz, *flukkōs
accusative *flukką *flukkanz
genitive *flukkas, *flukkis *flukkǫ̂
dative *flukkai *flukkamaz
instrumental *flukkō *flukkamiz

Descendants

References

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