Where does “flaile” come from?

flaile (Middle English) comes from Middle English fleil, from Old English fligel, from Old English flegel, from Proto-Germanic *flagil, from Latin flagellum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Ancestry of “flaile”, step by step

flaile traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English fleil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfleil—
2Old Englishfligelflail, whip
3Old Englishflegelflail
4Proto-Germanic*flagil—
5Latinflagellumwhip, lash, scourge; whip for driving animals;...
6Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
7Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Middle English fleyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishfleylA flail tool for threshing grain

via Middle English flegl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishflegl—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Latin flagellum →