Where does “vleis” come from?

vleis (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch vleis, from Middle Dutch vleisch, from Old Dutch fleisc, from Proto-West Germanic flaiski, from Proto-Germanic flaiski, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁ḱ- — to tear, peel off; to tear, rend.

vleis (Afrikaans): meat; flesh

Definitions

  1. meat; flesh

Ancestry of “vleis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvleis—
2Middle Dutchvleisch—
3Old Dutchfleisc—
4Proto-West Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
5Proto-Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁ḱ-to tear, peel off; to tear, rend

Words derived from “vleis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁ḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flaiski →Every word from Proto-West Germanic flaiski →