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Where does “unfleshly” come from?

unfleshly (English) comes from English fleshly, from Middle English fleschly, from Old English flæsclic, from Old English flǣsċ, from Proto-West Germanic flaiski, from Proto-Germanic flaiski, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁ḱ- — to tear, peel off; to tear, rend.

unfleshly (English): Not pertaining to or devoted to the flesh or the...

Definitions

  1. Not pertaining to or devoted to the flesh or the...

Ancestry of “unfleshly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfleshlyOf or relating to the body; Of, relating to or...
2Middle Englishfleschly—
3Old Englishflæsclic—
4Old Englishflǣsċ—
5Proto-West Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
6Proto-Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁ḱ-to tear, peel off; to tear, rend
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