Where does “Fliegengitter” come from?
Fliegengitter (German) comes from German fliege, from Middle High German fliege, from Old High German flioga, from Proto-Germanic fleugǭ, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
Fliegengitter (German): screen, flyscreen, window screen, bug screen material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing
Definitions
- screen, flyscreen, window screen, bug screen material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing
Ancestry of “Fliegengitter”, step by step
Fliegengitter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German fliege
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | fliege | inflection of fliegen: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | fliege | — |
| 3 | Old High German | flioga | fly |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fleugǭ | flying insect, fly |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fleuganą | to fly |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |