Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers. · To flock to; to crowd.
A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats or other livestock animals, or sometimes any group of animals. · The group of sheep being watched by one shepherd. · A large number of people. · Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *flukkaz Proto-West Germanic *flokk Old English flocc Middle English flok English flock From Middle English flok, from Old English flocc (“flock, company, troop”), from Proto-West Germanic *flokk, from Proto-Germanic *flukkaz (“crowd, troop”). Cognate with German Low German Flock (“crowd, flock”), Danish flok (“flock”), Swedish flock (“flock”), Norwegian flokk (“flock”), Faroese flokkur (“flock”), Icelandic flokkur (“flock, group”). Related also to Norman fliotchet (“flock, crowd”), from Old Norse. Perhaps related to Old English folc (“crowd, troop, band”). More at folk.
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- Root classification mention*plewk-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionflokenm
- Inherited-form mentionfloccang · flock, company, troop
- Inherited-form mention*flokkgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*flukkazgem-pro · crowd, troop
- Cognate mentionflokda · flock
- Cognate mentionflocksv · flock
- Cognate mentionflokkno · flock
- Cognate mentionflokkurfo · flock
- Cognate mentionflokkuris · flock, group
- Cognate mentionfliotchetnrf · flock, crowd
- Cognate mentionfolcang · crowd, troop, band
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