Where does “flesz” come from?

flesz (Polish) comes from French flèche, from Middle French fleche, from Old French fleche, from Vulgar Latin *fleccia, from Frankish fliukkija, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flesz (Polish): flèche

Definitions

  1. flèche

Ancestry of “flesz”, step by step

flesz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French flèche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchflèchearrow; spire; jib
2Middle Frenchflechearrow
3Old Frenchflechearrow
4Vulgar Latin*fleccia—
5Frankishfliukkija—
6Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via English Flash

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFlashA multimedia platform, most often used for adding animation and interactivity to webpages
2Middle Englishflasshen—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →