Where does “Hupsflieej” come from?

Hupsflieej (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Flieej, from Middle Low German vlēge, from Old Saxon flioga, from Proto-West Germanic *fleugā — fly.

Hupsflieej (Plautdietsch): flea

Definitions

  1. flea

Ancestry of “Hupsflieej”, step by step

Hupsflieej traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Flieej

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschFlieejfly (insect)
2Middle Low Germanvlēge—
3Old Saxonflioga—
4Proto-West Germanic*fleugāfly

via Plautdietsch Hups

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschHups—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *fleugā →Every word from Old Saxon flioga →Every word from Middle Low German vlēge →