Where does “flisa” come from?

flisa (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German vlīse, from Proto-Germanic flīsō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pley- — to split, splice.

flisa (Swedish): a thin sharp piece of wood or rock or some other material that splinters easily; a splinter, a chip (of rock)

Definitions

  1. a thin sharp piece of wood or rock or some other material that splinters easily; a splinter, a chip (of rock)

Ancestry of “flisa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvlīse—
2Proto-Germanicflīsōsplinter
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pley-to split, splice

Words derived from “flisa”

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