Where does “vlō(ch)” come from?

vlō(ch) (Middle High German) comes from Old High German flōh, from Proto-West Germanic flauh, from Proto-Germanic flauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European plówkos, from Proto-Indo-European plúsis — flea.

Ancestry of “vlō(ch)”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanflōh
2Proto-West Germanicflauhflea
3Proto-Germanicflauhazflea
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplówkos
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplúsisflea

Words derived from “vlō(ch)

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plúsisEvery word from Proto-Indo-European plówkosEvery word from Proto-Germanic flauhaz