Where does “Fleesch” come from?

Fleesch (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German vlêsk, from Old Saxon flēsk, from Proto-West Germanic flaiski, from Proto-Germanic flaiski, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁ḱ- — to tear, peel off; to tear, rend.

Fleesch (Plautdietsch): meat; flesh

Definitions

  1. meat; flesh

Ancestry of “Fleesch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvlêsk—
2Old Saxonflēskmeat, flesh
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 →