flasce

Old English

Alternative forms

• flaxe

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *flaskā, from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“flask, bottle”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to weave”).

Akin to Old High German flaska, flasca (“flask, bottle”) (German Flasche (“bottle”)), Old Norse flaska (“flask, bottle”) (Icelandic flaska), Old English fleohtan (“to weave, plait”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɑs.ke/

Noun

flasce f (nominative plural flascan)

1. flask, bottle

Declension

Weak n-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	flasce	flascan
accusative	flascan	flascan
genitive	flascan	flascena
dative	flascan	flascum

Descendants

• Middle English: flask, flaske (partly)
  • English: flask
    • → Irish: fleasc
    • → Welsh: fflasg
  • Scots: flask, flas