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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 1533
Root: pleuk-
English meaning: flake, feather, hair
German meaning: `Flocke, Feder, Haar, Abfall'
Material: Ahd. (expressiv) floccho `lanugo', nhd. Flocke, mnd. vlocke `Woll-, Schneeflocke', norw. dial. flugsa, flygsa `Schneeflocke'; lit. pláukas `ein Haar', plaukaĩ `Haare', lett. plauki `Schneeflocken; Abfall beim Weben; Staub; Mutterkorn', plaũkas `Abfall beim Spinnen, Flocken, Fasern; Hülsen'; lett. plūcu, plūkt `pflücken, raufen, zupfen, schleißen', lit. plùksna, plùnksna `Feder'.
References: WP. II 97.
Pages: 837
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *plAwǝk-
Meaning: hair, fibres, etc.
Russ. meaning: волосы, волокна
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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *plaûk-a- c., *plaûk-ā̂ (1) f.
Meaning: hair, fibre
Lithuanian: pláuka-s 'Haar, (Haar)farbe gewisser Tiere, Schlag, Art, Gattung'
Lettish: plaũka, pl. plaûkas2, plaũkas 'Flocken, Fasern, Abgang von Wolle, Flachs; Hülsen; Schinn; Farbe'
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *flukk-ōn- f., -an- m., *flukk-a- m., *flu[k]-s-ōn- f.
Meaning: down, flock
Norwegian: dial. flugsa 'Schneeflocke'
English: flock
Middle Dutch: vlocke
Dutch: vlok
Middle Low German: vlocke
Old High German: flocko 'Flaum' (9.Jh.)
Middle High German: vlocke wk. m., vloc (-ck-) st. m. 'flocke (schneeflocke, von den blüten der bäume, von den funken der feuers); flaum; flockwolle'
German: Flocke f.
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