Where does “flēan” come from?

flēan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic flahan, from Proto-Germanic flahaną, from Proto-Germanic plok-.

flēan (Old English): fleas

Definitions

  1. fleas

Ancestry of “flēan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicflahanto skin, to flay
2Proto-Germanicflahanąto skin, to flay
3Proto-Germanicplok-—

Words derived from “flēan”

Every word from Proto-Germanic plok- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flahaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic flahan →