English
flack
Flack comes from Middle English flacken ‘to palpitate, flutter’, from Proto-Germanic *flakkōną ‘to beat’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to fold, plait, weave’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*flakkōną‘to beat’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*flakkōnreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*flaccianreconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500flacken‘to palpitate, flutter’
- Englishtodayflack
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to fold, plait, weave’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*flakkōną‘to beat’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*flakkōnreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*flaccianreconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500flacken‘to palpitate, flutter’
- Englishtodayflack
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’
complex, apply, employment, reply, display, employ, explicit, exploitation, exploit, imply, deploy, replica, implicit, complication, fiasco, complicate, ploy, ply, inexplicable, accomplice, complicity, supple, implicate, plexus, pliable, supplication, flax, triplicate, pliant, explication, splay, flagon, 34 more
through Middle English flacken ‘to palpitate, flutter’
Today it means
verb To flutter; palpitate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- / flack