Where does “flest” come from?
flest (Swedish) comes from Old Norse flestr, from Proto-Germanic flaistaz, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
Ancestry of “flest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | flestr | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | flaistaz | most |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |