Where does “leeuwenvlag” come from?

leeuwenvlag (Dutch) comes from Dutch Leeuw, from Middle Dutch leeuwe, from Old Dutch lewo, from Proto-Germanic *lēwō, from Proto-Germanic lewô, from Proto-Germanic -ô, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

leeuwenvlag (Dutch): a Flemish flag (a stylized clawing black lion, with or without red claws and tongue, on a yellow background)

Definitions

  1. a Flemish flag (a stylized clawing black lion, with or without red claws and tongue, on a yellow background)

Ancestry of “leeuwenvlag”, step by step

leeuwenvlag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Leeuw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchLeeuwLeo
2Middle Dutchleeuwe—
3Old Dutchlewolion
4Proto-Germanic*lēwōscythe
5Proto-Germaniclewôscythe
6Proto-Germanic-ô-ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade...
7Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

via Dutch vlag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvlagflag
2Proto-Germanicflakąsomething flat
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →