Where does “flenser” come from?
flenser (English) comes from Icelandic flensa, from Icelandic inflúensa, from Italian influenza, from Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns, from Latin īnfluō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
flenser (English): One who flenses
Definitions
- One who flenses
Ancestry of “flenser”, step by step
flenser traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic flensa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | flensa | flu |
| 2 | Icelandic | inflúensa | influenza |
| 3 | Italian | influenza | influence; influenza, flu; third-person singular... |
| 4 | Latin | īnfluentia | influence |
| 5 | Latin | īnfluēns | flowing into |
| 6 | Latin | īnfluō | to flow or run into |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Danish flense
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | flense | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *flintaz- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | splind- | to split, cleave; split |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)plei- | to split, splice; to divide, split, splice |
via Dutch vlensen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vlensen | — |