Where does “vlies” come from?

vlies (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch flios, from Proto-West Germanic fleus, from Proto-Germanic fleusaz, from Proto-Indo-European plews-, from Proto-Indo-European plúsis — flea.

vlies (Middle Dutch): fleece; thin skin, membrane

Definitions

  1. fleece; thin skin, membrane

Ancestry of “vlies”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchflios—
2Proto-West Germanicfleusfleece
3Proto-Germanicfleusaz—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplews-to pluck, a feather, fleece; to pull out, pluck
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplúsisflea

Words derived from “vlies”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plúsis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plews- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fleusaz →
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