Where does “Floaks” come from?

Floaks (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian flax, from Proto-West Germanic flahs, from Proto-Germanic flahsą, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

Floaks (Saterland Frisian): flax

Definitions

  1. flax

Ancestry of “Floaks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianflax—
2Proto-West Germanicflahsflax
3Proto-Germanicflahsąflax
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flahsą →
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