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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *flikkiją, from Proto-Germanic *flekkaz (“piece, fleck”).
Noun
*flikkī n
- side of bacon
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*flikkī
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| Genitive
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*flikkijas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*flikkī
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*flikkiju
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| Accusative
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*flikkī
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*flikkiju
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| Genitive
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*flikkijas
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*flikkijō
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| Dative
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*flikkijē
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*flikkijum
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| Instrumental
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*flikkiju
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*flikkijum
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Descendants
- Old English: fliċċe
- Old Saxon: *flikki
- Middle Low German: vlicke f; vlek, vlecke m or n
- → Middle High German: vlecke, vlec m (“piece of skin, webbed membrane, piece of entrails, tripe”)
- Old Dutch: *flikki
- Middle Dutch: vlicke, vlecke, vlec n
- Dutch: vlik, vlek (dialectal)
- → Picard Old French: flec