*flukkaz

Runic: ᚠᛚᚢᚲᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɸluk.kɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

crowd, troop, flock

Etymology

Probably originally used of birds, in which case a derivation from *flukkōną (‘to fly, flutter’) is possible, with the original sense as "a group of flying animals" > "general group of mobile creatures".

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.flukkazflukkōz, flukkōs
Acc.flukkąflukkanz
Gen.flukkas, flukkisflukkǫ̂
Dat.flukkaiflukkamaz
Inst.flukkōflukkamiz
Voc.flukkflukkōz, flukkōs

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Descendants

  • *flokk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *flokk (Frankish)
      • floc, fulc, flou (Old French)
  • *flokk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *flokk (Frankish)
      • *flokk, *flok (Old Dutch)
        • vloc (Middle Dutch)
  • *flokk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • flocc (Old English)
      • flokk, flock, flok (Middle English)
        • flock (English)
        • flok, floke (Scots)
  • *flokk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *flokk (Old Saxon)
      • vlocke (Middle Low German)
        • Flock (German Low German)
  • flokkr (Old Norse)
    • flok (Danish)
    • flokkur (Faroese)
    • flokkur (Icelandic)
    • fliotchet (Norman)
    • flokk (Norn)
    • flokk (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • flokk (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • flokkr (Old Norse)
    • flokker, flukker (Old Swedish)
      • flock (Swedish)

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