Where does “vlaen” come from?

vlaen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch flān, from Proto-Germanic flahaną, from Proto-Germanic plok-.

vlaen (Middle Dutch): to flay, to skin

Definitions

  1. to flay, to skin

Ancestry of “vlaen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchflān—
2Proto-Germanicflahanąto skin, to flay
3Proto-Germanicplok-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic plok- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flahaną →Every word from Old Dutch flān →