Where does “Klopsfleesch” come from?

Klopsfleesch (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Fleesch, 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.

Klopsfleesch (Plautdietsch): hamburger ground beef

Definitions

  1. hamburger ground beef

Ancestry of “Klopsfleesch”, step by step

Klopsfleesch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Fleesch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschFleeschmeat; flesh
2Middle Low Germanvlêsk—
3Old Saxonflēskmeat, flesh
4Proto-West Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
5Proto-Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁ḱ-to tear, peel off; to tear, rend

via German Klops

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKlopsmeatball
2Swedishkalopsstewed meat
3Old Swedishkollopsslices of beef stew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁ḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flaiski →Every word from Proto-West Germanic flaiski →