Where does “flēsc” come from?

flēsc (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic flaiski, from Proto-Germanic flaiski, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁ḱ- — to tear, peel off; to tear, rend.

flēsc (Old Dutch): meat, flesh

Definitions

  1. meat, flesh

Ancestry of “flēsc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
2Proto-Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁ḱ-to tear, peel off; to tear, rend

Words derived from “flēsc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁ḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flaiski →Every word from Proto-West Germanic flaiski →