Where does “flaw” come from?

Flaw comes from Middle English flawe, from Old Norse flaga, from Proto-Germanic flaką, from Proto-Indo-European plāk-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pele-.

flaw (English): A flake, fragment, or shiver; A thin cake, as of...

Definitions

  1. A flake, fragment, or shiver; A thin cake, as of...

Ancestry of “flaw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishflawe—
2Old Norseflagaa flag or slab of stone, flake; stone slab
3Proto-Germanicflagōa layer of soil
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplāk-broad, flat; smooth, flat; flat, broad, plain
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpele-broad, flat, plain; broad, wide, flat

Words derived from “flaw”

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