fleck
English
/flɛk/
noun
Definitions
- A flake
- A lock, as of wool.
- A small spot or streak; a speckle.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *flekk derived from Old Norse flekkr (spot) derived from Proto-Germanic *flekk-.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*flekk-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- befleck English
- fleckless English
- flecklessness English
- flecky English
- snow English
- snowfleck English
- fläkki Finnish
- Bauchfleck German
- Fleck German
- Fleckchen German
- Kleinfleckkatze German
- Knutschfleck German
- Schandfleck German
- befleckbar German
- fleckig German
- kiemvlek Dutch, Flemish
- moedervlek Dutch, Flemish
- nevelvlek Dutch, Flemish
- olievlek Dutch, Flemish
- vlek Dutch, Flemish
- vlekkeloos Dutch, Flemish
- vlekken Dutch, Flemish
- vlektyfus Dutch, Flemish
- wijnvlek Dutch, Flemish
- zonnevlek Dutch, Flemish
- flekk Norwegian Bokmål
- *flekk- Proto-Germanic
- *flekka- Proto-Germanic
- fläck Swedish
- fläckdrillsnäppa Swedish
- fläckvis Swedish
- småfläckig sumphöna Swedish
- flekk Norwegian Nynorsk
- *flekk Middle English
- flekkr Old Norse
- flekkóttr Old Norse
- flek Czech
- fleka Serbo-Croatian
- flekklaus Icelandic
- flekkur Icelandic
- vleck Middle Dutch
- vlec Middle High German
- vlëc Middle High German
- Fleck Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Kuddelfleck Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Sonnefleck Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch