Where does “fliz” come from?

fliz (Polish) comes from German Fliese, from Middle Low German vlīse, from Proto-Germanic flīsō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pley- — to split, splice.

fliz (Polish): tile

Definitions

  1. tile

Ancestry of “fliz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFliesetile
2Middle Low Germanvlīse
3Proto-Germanicflīsōsplinter
4Proto-Indo-European(s)pley-to split, splice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pley-