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Where does “flet” come from?

flet (Scots) comes from Middle English flet, from Old English flet, from Proto-Germanic flatją, from Proto-Germanic flataz, from Proto-Indo-European plÁt-.

flet (Scots): inner part of a house

Definitions

  1. inner part of a house

Ancestry of “flet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfletthe floor, ground; a dwelling, habitation, house,...
2Old Englishfletthe floor, ground; a dwelling, habitation, house,...
3Proto-Germanicflatjąa level surface; level ground; the floor of a...
4Proto-Germanicflatazflat
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanplÁt-—
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