flacg

Old English

Alternative forms

• flagg

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *flaguk (“flat piece”), diminutive of Proto-Germanic *flagą (“something flat, flat or level surface”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“fold, pleat”) or Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad; plain”). Compare Old Norse flag (“flat piece of land, plain, area, ground”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɑɡɡ/, [flɑɡ]

Noun

flacg ?

1. a plaster, poultice, cataplasm

Related terms

• flaċea
• flōh

Descendants

• >? Middle English: flagge (“flagstone, piece of turf or sod”)
  • >? English: flag
  • >? Scots: flag, flaig