Where does “floask” come from?

floask (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian flāsk, from Proto-West Germanic flaiski, from Proto-Germanic flaiski, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁ḱ- — to tear, peel off; to tear, rend.

floask (North Frisian): flesh, meat

Definitions

  1. flesh, meat

Ancestry of “floask”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianflāskflesh
2Proto-West Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
3Proto-Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁ḱ-to tear, peel off; to tear, rend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁ḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flaiski →Every word from Proto-West Germanic flaiski →