Where does “flæsc” come from?

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

flæsc (Old English): flesh; meat

Definitions

  1. flesh; meat

Ancestry of “flæsc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
2Proto-Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
3Proto-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 →