Where does “fliċċe” come from?

fliċċe (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *flikkī, from Proto-Germanic flikkiją, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁ḱ- — to tear, peel off; to tear, rend.

fliċċe (Old English): side of an animal, flitch

Definitions

  1. side of an animal, flitch

Ancestry of “fliċċe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*flikkīside of bacon
2Proto-Germanicflikkijąside, flitch
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁ḱ-to tear, peel off; to tear, rend

Words derived from “fliċċe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁ḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flikkiją →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *flikkī →