Where does “flāsk” come from?

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

flāsk (Old Frisian): flesh

Definitions

  1. flesh

Ancestry of “flāsk”, step by step

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

Words derived from “flāsk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁ḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flaiski →Every word from Proto-West Germanic flaiski →