Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/plakjō

	A user has added this reconstruction entry to requests for deletion⁽⁺⁾.
	Please see that page for discussion and justifications. You may continue to edit this reconstruction entry while the discussion proceeds, but please mention significant edits at the RFD discussion and ensure that the intention of votes already cast is not left unclear. Do not remove the `{{rfd}}` until the debate has finished.

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

Unknown. Perhaps of non-Indo-European substrate origin due to the rarity of Indo-European *b > Germanic *p.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈplɑk.jɔː/

Noun

*plakjō f

spot, stain
patch, place

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *plakjō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*plakjō	*plakjôz
vocative	*plakjō	*plakjôz
accusative	*plakjǭ	*plakjōz
genitive	*plakjōz	*plakjǫ̂
dative	*plakjōi	*plakjōmaz
instrumental	*plakjō	*plakjōmiz

Related terms

*plaggą

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *plakkju
- Old English: *plæċċ
  - Middle English: *placche, plecche
    - ⇒? Middle English: pacche
      - English: patch
  - >? Middle English: placche (attested in plural as placchis (“splinters, fragments, pieces”))
- Old Frisian: *plekk
  - Saterland Frisian: Pläk
  - West Frisian: plak, plek (also possibly a borrowing from Dutch)
- Old Saxon: *plekkia
  - Middle Low German: plecke
- Old Dutch: *plekka
  - Middle Dutch: plecke, pleecke, pleke
    - Dutch: plek
    - → Middle English: plecke
      - English: pleck