Where does “flag” come from?

flag (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse flag, from Proto-Germanic flaką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

flag (Icelandic): area of ground stripped of turf

Definitions

  1. area of ground stripped of turf

Ancestry of “flag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseflag—
2Proto-Germanicflakąsomething flat
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

Words derived from “flag”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flaką →Every word from Old Norse flag →