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Where does “flaiski” come from?

flaiski (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁ḱ- — to tear, peel off; to tear, rend.

flaiski (Proto-Germanic): meat, flesh

Definitions

  1. meat, flesh

Ancestry of “flaiski”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁ḱ-to tear, peel off; to tear, rend

Words derived from “flaiski”

  • flesh
  • fleshly
  • horseflesh
  • braai
  • flesher
  • fleshliness
  • fleshpot
  • enflesh
  • fleshlike
  • braaivleis
  • Sitzfleisch
  • unfleshly
  • fleshfly
  • deflesh
  • fleshling
  • fleshhook
  • fleshment
  • fleshmonger
  • fleshworm
  • cowflesh
  • fleshhood
  • unflesh
  • inflesh
  • woodflesh
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