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Where does “flæmingi” come from?

flæmingi (Icelandic) comes from Portuguese flamengo, from Old Occitan flamenc, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.

flæmingi (Icelandic): flamingo

Definitions

  1. flamingo

Ancestry of “flæmingi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseflamengoFlemish; someone from Flanders; Alternative form...
2Old Occitanflamencflame colored
3Latinflammaflame, fire
4Latinflāgrāre—
5Latinfrāgrō—
6Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell

Words derived from “flæmingi”

  • Flæmingjaland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →