Where does “floghva” come from?

floghva (Cornish) comes from Cornish flogh, from German flōh, from Middle High German vlō(ch), from Old High German flōh, from Proto-West Germanic flauh, from Proto-Germanic flauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European plówkos, from Proto-Indo-European plúsis — flea.

floghva (Cornish): nursery, kindergarten

Definitions

  1. nursery, kindergarten

Ancestry of “floghva”, step by step

floghva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish flogh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishfloghchild, kid
2Germanflōhflea parasitic insect
3Middle High Germanvlō(ch)—
4Old High Germanflōh—
5Proto-West Germanicflauhflea
6Proto-Germanicflauhazflea
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplówkos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplúsisflea

via Cornish va

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishvahe
2Cornishevhe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plúsis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plówkos →Every word from Proto-Germanic flauhaz →
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