flagon

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*pleḱ-“to fold; to plait, weave”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*flehtaną“to braid, plait”
3. Proto-Germanic · derived from*flaskǭ“bottle; flask; vessel covered with plaiting”
4. Frankish · derived from*flaska“bottle; flask”
5. Late Latin · derived fromflascō“bottle; glass or earthenware vessel for wine; portable barrel”
6. Medieval Latin · derived fromflascōnem
7. Old French · derived fromflacon
8. Middle French · derived fromflacon
9. Middle English · inherited fromflagon
10. English todayflagon

From Middle English flagon, flakon [and other forms], from Middle French flacon, Old French flacon, flascon (“flask”) (modern French flacon (“vial”)), from Medieval Latin flascōnem, the accusative singular of Late Latin flascō (“bottle; glass or earthenware vessel for wine; portable barrel”), from Frankish *flaska (“bottle; flask”), from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“bottle; flask; vessel covered with plaiting”), from Proto-Germanic *flehtaną (“to braid, plait”) (from the practice of plaiting or wrapping bottles in straw casing), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to fold; to plait, weave”). The English word is a doublet of flacon, flask, and fiasco. Cognates * Old English flasce, flaxe (“bottle, flask”) * Old High German flasca, flaska (“bottle, flask”) (German Flasche) * Old Norse flaska (Danish flaske)

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