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Where does “flehm” come from?

flehm (English) comes from German flehmen, from Upper Saxon flemmen.

flehm (English): To exhibit the flehmen response, i.e., to draw...

Definitions

  1. To exhibit the flehmen response, i.e., to draw...

Ancestry of “flehm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanflehmen—
2Upper Saxonflemmen—
Every word from Upper Saxon flemmen →