Where does “flaker” come from?

flaker (English) comes from English flake, from Middle English flake, from Old Norse flak, from Proto-Germanic flaką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

flaker (English): A tool used to break flakes off a piece of...

Definitions

  1. A tool used to break flakes off a piece of...

Ancestry of “flaker”, step by step

flaker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English flake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflakeA loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of...
2Middle Englishflakea flake of snow
3Old Norseflakloose or torn piece
4Proto-Germanicflakąsomething flat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂-
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