Where does “kippenvlees” come from?

kippenvlees (Dutch) comes from Dutch vlees, from Middle Dutch vlêesch, from Old Dutch flēsc, from Proto-West Germanic flaiski, from Proto-Germanic flaiski, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁ḱ- — to tear, peel off; to tear, rend.

kippenvlees (Dutch): chicken

Definitions

  1. chicken

Ancestry of “kippenvlees”, step by step

kippenvlees traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vlees

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvleesmeat; flesh
2Middle Dutchvlêeschmeat
3Old Dutchflēscmeat, flesh
4Proto-West Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
5Proto-Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁ḱ-to tear, peel off; to tear, rend

via Dutch kip

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchkipA chicken, Gallus gallus domesticus; A female...
2Laoກີບhoof; kip
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁ḱ- →