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
-
flask, bottle
Declension
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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