Where does “fuglaflensa” come from?

fuglaflensa (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic flensa, from Icelandic inflúensa, from Italian influenza, from Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns, from Latin īnfluō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

fuglaflensa (Icelandic): avian influenza

Definitions

  1. avian influenza

Ancestry of “fuglaflensa”, step by step

fuglaflensa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic flensa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicflensaflu
2Icelandicinflúensainfluenza
3Italianinfluenzainfluence; influenza, flu; third-person singular...
4Latinīnfluentiainfluence
5Latinīnfluēnsflowing into
6Latinīnfluōto flow or run into
7Latinīn-un-, non-, not
8Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Icelandic fugl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicfuglbird
2Old Norsefoglbird
3Proto-Germanicfuglazbird
4Proto-Germanicfluglaz
5Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en