Where does “Dreschflegel” come from?
Dreschflegel (German) comes from German Flegel, from Middle High German vlegel, from Old High German flegil, from Proto-Germanic *flagil, from Latin flagellum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Dreschflegel (German): flail
Definitions
- flail
Ancestry of “Dreschflegel”, step by step
Dreschflegel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Flegel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Flegel | flail; lout |
| 2 | Middle High German | vlegel | — |
| 3 | Old High German | flegil | flail |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *flagil | — |
| 5 | Latin | flagellum | whip, lash, scourge; whip for driving animals;... |
| 6 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |