Pflock

Senso (Inglese)

stake or wooden peg used to fasten something

Concetti

paletto

palo

piolo

cavicchio

picchetto

pietra miliare

stecca

tassello

sinonimi

Pfahl

Dübel

Hahn

Bolzen

Pfeiler

Spund

Stöpsel

Verschluss

Pfropfen

Stopfen

Stock

Holznagel

Holzpflock

Zapfen

auspflocken

Holzdübel

Meilenstein

Knüppel

Holzpfahl

Pfosten

vermarken

stecken

Traduzioni

peg

stake

estaca

kazık

piquet

staak

cheville

estaca

estaca

jalon

picket

pal

πάσσαλος

stopper

fiche

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/pflɔk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da tedesco medio alto: pfloc

Affine Middle Low German: plügge

Affine olandese: plug

In summary

From Middle High German pfloc (late 14th century). Related with Middle Low German plügge (1375, or plugge), also pluck, plock (ca. 1420), Dutch plug (1511 as plugghe, also plogge), all “peg, wooden nail, pin, plug." Probably from the same ultimate source as English plug.
Further origin uncertain. The word shows semantic relations with a nominal derivative of Proto-Germanic *plukkijaną (“to pluck”, phlucke, phlocke, pluck, plok), and at least in High German also with the descendant of *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. English plug and similar Scandinavian forms are usually considered borrowings.