Where does “flakna” come from?

flakna (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic flaką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

flakna (Old Norse): flake or chip

Definitions

  1. flake or chip

Ancestry of “flakna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicflakąsomething flat
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flaką →
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