Where does “flis” come from?

flis (Swedish) comes from Old Norse flís, from Proto-Germanic flīsō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pley- — to split, splice.

flis (Swedish): shards of wood or rock, usually wood chips

Definitions

  1. shards of wood or rock, usually wood chips

Ancestry of “flis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseflíssplinter, chip
2Proto-Germanicflīsōsplinter
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pley-to split, splice

Words derived from “flis

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pley-