Pflock

German Etymology From de gmh pfloc (late 14th century). Related with gml plügge (1375, or gml plugge), also gml pluck, gml plock (ca. 1420), nl plug (1511 as nl plugghe, also nl plogge), all “peg, wooden nail, pin, plug." Probably from the same ultimate source as en plug. Further origin uncertain. The word shows semantic relations with a nominal derivative of gem-pro *plukkijaną (“to pluck”, gmh phlucke phlucke, phlocke, gml pluck, nl plok), and at least in High German also with the descendant of gem-pro *blukką block. However, these relations are in all likelihood secondary. Within High German, the word appears to have been restricted chiefly to the north-east (East Central German and surroundings); therefore it has been argued to be a Low German borrowing in the colonial regions, but the late attestations in all languages make it hard to prove this. en plug and similar Scandinavian forms are usually considered borrowings. Pronunciation de /pflɔk/ standard de /flɔk/ northern and central Germany de De-Pflock.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Vlog flock Noun m,(e)s,^e stake or wooden peg used to fasten something de Pfahl Declension m,(e)s,^e Derived terms de Ruderpflock de Zeltpflock Further reading