Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “flīz” come from?

flīz (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic *flītan, from Proto-Germanic flītaz.

Ancestry of “flīz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*flītan—
2Proto-Germanicflītaz—

Words derived from “flīz”

  • Fleiß
  • fleißig
  • flajsik
  • flīz
  • vlīz
  • Fläiss
  • fläisseg
  • fłȧjs
Every word from Proto-Germanic flītaz →