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Where does “flǣsċ” come from?

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

Ancestry of “flǣsċ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “flǣsċ”

  • flesh
  • fleshly
  • horseflesh
  • flesher
  • fleshliness
  • fleshpot
  • enflesh
  • fleshlike
  • unfleshly
  • fleshfly
  • deflesh
  • fleshling
  • fleshhook
  • fleshment
  • fleshworm
  • fleshmonger
  • cowflesh
  • fleshhood
  • unflesh
  • inflesh
  • woodflesh
  • goatflesh
  • deerflesh
  • fleshloaf
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