Etymology Explorer › Old Dutch

Where does “flān” come from?

flān (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic flahaną, from Proto-Germanic plok-.

Ancestry of “flān”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicflahanąto skin, to flay
2Proto-Germanicplok-—

Words derived from “flān”

  • vlaen
Every word from Proto-Germanic plok- →