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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/plukkōną

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 represents a Pre-Germanic *blu(gʰ/ǵʰ)néh₂-. Alternatively, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *pilūc(i)cāre,[1] but the historical evidence is shaky.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpluk.kɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*plukkōną

  1. to pluck, pull out or off

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, *plukk- against *plug-.

Derived terms

  • *plukkô/*pluggô
  • *plukkijaną

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *plukkōn
    • Old English: ploccian, pluccian
    • Old Frisian: *plokkia
      • Saterland Frisian: plukje
      • West Frisian: ploaitsje, plôkje
      • Old Frisian: hērplokkia
    • Old Saxon: *plukkōn
      • Middle Low German: plucken
        • Low German: ploken
    • Old Dutch: *plukkon
    • Old High German: phlockōn, *phlucken
      • Middle High German: pflocken, pflucken, pflücken
        • German: pflocken (obsolete), pflücken
        • Hunsrik: plicke
        • Luxembourgish: plécken
        • Rhine Franconian: plicke, plocke
  • Old Norse: plukka, plokka (possibly borrowed from Low German)

References

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  1. pflücken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  2. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pluck”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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