Where does “fle” come from?

fle (Middle English) comes from Old English flēa, from Proto-West Germanic flauh, from Proto-Germanic flauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European plówkos, from Proto-Indo-European plúsis — flea.

fle (Middle English): flea

Definitions

  1. flea

Ancestry of “fle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishflēa—
2Proto-West Germanicflauhflea
3Proto-Germanicflauhazflea
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplówkos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplúsisflea

Words derived from “fle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plúsis →