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Pflug
Pflug comes from German Pflug ‘plough, plow’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *plōgaz.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*plōgaz‘plough’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*plōg‘plough, plow’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050pfluog
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350pfluoc
- Germanc. 1650–presentPflug‘plough, plow’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*plōgaz‘plough’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*plōg‘plough, plow’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050pfluog
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350pfluoc
- Germanc. 1650–presentPflug‘plough, plow’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *plew- ‘to fly, flow, run’
fly, flow, flew, pneumonia, plutonium, fowl, plough, plover, flay, flue, plutocracy, 25 more
Today it means
name A surname from German.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *plōgaz / Pflug