Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/plakjō

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

1. spot, stain
2. 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