Where does “flax” come from?

flax (Middle English) comes from Old English fleax, from Proto-West Germanic flahs, from Proto-Germanic flahsą, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

flax (Middle English): flax (Linum usitatissimum) or its fibres

Definitions

  1. flax (Linum usitatissimum) or its fibres

Ancestry of “flax”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfleaxlinen, flax
2Proto-West Germanicflahsflax
3Proto-Germanicflahsąflax
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

Words derived from “flax”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flahsą →