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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | *flintaz- | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | splind- | to split, cleave; split |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)plei- | to split, splice; to divide, split, splice |
Words derived from “flense”