Where does “flänsa” come from?

flänsa (Swedish) comes from Icelandic flensa, from Icelandic inflúensa, from Italian influenza, from Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns, from Latin īnfluō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

flänsa (Swedish): to add a flange to an object

Definitions

to add a flange to an object

Ancestry of “flänsa”, step by step

flänsa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic flensa

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Icelandic	flensa	flu
2	Icelandic	inflúensa	influenza
3	Italian	influenza	influence; influenza, flu; third-person singular...
4	Latin	īnfluentia	influence
5	Latin	īnfluēns	flowing into
6	Latin	īnfluō	to flow or run into
7	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
8	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
9	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10	Proto-Italic	en	in
11	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

via Swedish a

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Swedish	a	from
2	Swedish	avlopp	a drain; sewage
3	Swedish	lopp	a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English)
4	Swedish	löpa	to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly...
5	Old Swedish	løpa	to run
6	Old Norse	hlaupa	to leap, jump, spring
7	Proto-Germanic	hlaupaną	to jump forward, to leap
8	Proto-Indo-European	klaup-	—

via Swedish fläns

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Swedish	fläns	a flange, a rim, an extruding edge of a pipe or mechanism

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →