Where does “flet” come from?

flet (Middle English) comes from Old English flet, from Proto-Germanic flatją, from Proto-Germanic flataz, from Proto-Indo-European plÁt-.

flet (Middle English): the floor, ground; a dwelling, habitation, house,...

Definitions

  1. the floor, ground; a dwelling, habitation, house,...

Ancestry of “flet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfletthe floor, ground; a dwelling, habitation, house,...
2Proto-Germanicflatjąa level surface; level ground; the floor of a...
3Proto-Germanicflatazflat
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanplÁt-—

Words derived from “flet”

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