Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “flean” come from?

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

flean (Old English): fleas

Definitions

  1. fleas

Ancestry of “flean”, step by step

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

Words derived from “flean”

  • flen
Every word from Proto-Germanic plok- →