Where does “vlees” come from?

vlees (Dutch) comes 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.

vlees (Dutch): meat; flesh

Definitions

  1. meat; flesh

Ancestry of “vlees”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vlees”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁ḱ- →