Where does “flakmoped” come from?
flakmoped (Swedish) comes from Swedish flak, from German Flach, from Middle High German vlach, from Old High German flah, from Proto-West Germanic *flak, from Proto-Germanic flakaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥keh — flat surface.
flakmoped (Swedish): a utility moped, a moped with a cargo bed (and typically two front wheels), a mokuli
Definitions
- a utility moped, a moped with a cargo bed (and typically two front wheels), a mokuli
Ancestry of “flakmoped”, step by step
flakmoped traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish flak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | flak | a larger, relatively flat piece, especially an ice floe; a floe, etc |
| 2 | German | Flach | shallow wide and not deep |
| 3 | Middle High German | vlach | — |
| 4 | Old High German | flah | flat, smooth |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *flak | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | flakaz | flat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥keh | flat surface |
via Swedish moped
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | moped | a moped vehicle |
| 2 | Swedish | motor | engine, motor |
| 3 | Latin | motor | mover; that which moves something; first-person... |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |