Where does “Fleesch” come from?

Fleesch (Pennsylvania German) comes from Middle High German fleisch, from Old High German fleisk, from Proto-West Germanic flaiski, from Proto-Germanic flaiski, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁ḱ- — to tear, peel off; to tear, rend.

Fleesch (Pennsylvania German): meat

Definitions

  1. meat

Ancestry of “Fleesch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanfleischflesh, meat
2Old High Germanfleiskmeat
3Proto-West Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
4Proto-Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁ḱ-to tear, peel off; to tear, rend

Words derived from “Fleesch”

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