Where does “flense” come from?

flense (Danish) comes from Proto-Germanic *flintaz-, from Proto-Indo-European splind-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)plei- — to split, splice; to divide, split, splice.

Ancestry of “flense”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*flintaz-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansplind-to split, cleave; split
3Proto-Indo-European(s)plei-to split, splice; to divide, split, splice

Words derived from “flense”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)plei- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European splind- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *flintaz- →
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