Where does “fläajlen” come from?
fläajlen (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Fläajel, from Middle Low German vlegel, from Old Saxon flegil, from Proto-West Germanic *flagil, from Latin flagellum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
fläajlen (Plautdietsch): to flail
Definitions
- to flail
Ancestry of “fläajlen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Fläajel | flail |
| 2 | Middle Low German | vlegel | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | flegil | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *flagil | flail agricultural tool |
| 5 | Latin | flagellum | whip, lash, scourge; whip for driving animals;... |
| 6 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |