Where does “flis” come from?

flis (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse flís, from Proto-Germanic flīsō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pley- — to split, splice.

flis (Norwegian Bokmål): a splinter; a sliver; a chip

Definitions

  1. a splinter; a sliver; a chip

Ancestry of “flis”, step by step

flis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse flís

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseflíssplinter, chip
2Proto-Germanicflīsōsplinter
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pley-to split, splice

via Middle Low German vlīse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvlīse—

Words derived from “flis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pley- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flīsō →Every word from Old Norse flís →