Where does “vlag” come from?

vlag (Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic flaką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

vlag (Dutch): flag

Definitions

  1. flag

Ancestry of “vlag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicflakąsomething flat
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

Words derived from “vlag”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flaką →