Where does “fles” come from?

fles (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Indo-European plē- — to fill; to cut off, split off.

fles (Old Norse): a small (and bare) rock reef just above the surface of the water

Definitions

  1. a small (and bare) rock reef just above the surface of the water

Ancestry of “fles”, step by step

fles traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European plē-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanplē-to fill; to cut off, split off

via Proto-Germanic *flasjō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*flasjō—

Words derived from “fles”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plē- →