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Old English · noun

flasce

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
weak n-stem
IPA
/ˈflɑs.ke/
Syllables
ˈflɑs · ke (2 syllables)
Modern English
flaskbottle

Meaning

  1. flask, bottle

Declension

Declension of flasce
SingularPlural
Nominative flasceflascan
Accusative flascanflascan
Genitive flascanflascena
Dative flascanflascum

All forms (4)

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”).

Descendants

flask

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