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Where does “fleischig” come from?

fleischig (English) comes from Yiddish פֿליישיק, from Yiddish פֿלייש, from Middle High German fleisch, from Old High German fleisk, from Proto-West Germanic flaiski, from Proto-Germanic flaiski, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁ḱ- — to tear, peel off; to tear, rend.

fleischig (English): meaty, containing meat; designated for use with...

Definitions

  1. meaty, containing meat; designated for use with...

Ancestry of “fleischig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפֿליישיקfleischig, meaty, containing meat; fleischig,...
2Yiddishפֿליישmeat, flesh
3Middle High Germanfleischflesh, meat
4Old High Germanfleiskmeat
5Proto-West Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
6Proto-Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁ḱ-to tear, peel off; to tear, rend
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