Where does “nanoflake” come from?

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

nanoflake (English): A nanoscale flake

Definitions

  1. A nanoscale flake

Ancestry of “nanoflake”, step by step

nanoflake 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 nano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnanoNanotechnology
2Englishnano-API; In the International System of Units and...
3Latinnānusdwarf
4Ancient Greekνᾶνοςdwarf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flaką →Every word from Old Norse flak →
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