Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAny insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies. · Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges). · Those or any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly. · A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi Proto-Germanic *fleuganądeverb. Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ Proto-West Germanic *fleugā Old English flēoge Middle English flye English fly From Middle English fflye, flehe, flei, fleie, fley, fleye, fleȝe, flie, fliȝe, flye, vliȝe, vlye, from Old English flēge, flēoge, flīeġe (“a fly”), from Proto-West Germanic *fleugā, from Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ (“a fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to flow, fly, run; to splash”), enlargement of *plew- (“to flow, fly, run”). Cognates Cognate with Scots flee, flei (“fly”), North Frisian fleeg (“fly”), Saterland Frisian Fljooge (“fly”), Alemannic German Flüüge (“fly”), Cimbrian blòiga, vlòiga (“fly”), Dutch vlieg (“fly”), German Fliege (“fly”), Low German Fleeg (“fly”), Vilamovian fłig, fłyjǵ (“fly”), Yiddish פֿליג (flig, “fly”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål flue (“fly”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Swedish fluga (“fly”), Norwegian Nynorsk fluga, fluge, fluggu, flugu (“fly”).
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- Inherited-form mentionfflyeenm
- Inherited-form mentionflēgeang
- Inherited-form mention*fleugāgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*fleugǭgem-pro · a fly
- Derivation mention*plewk-ine-pro · to flow, fly, run; to splash
- Cognate mentionfleesco
- Cognate mentionfleegfrr · fly
- Cognate mentionFljoogestq · fly
- Cognate mentionFlüügegsw · fly
- Cognate mentionblòigacim
- Cognate mentionvliegnl · fly
- Cognate mentionFliegede · fly
- Cognate mentionFleegnds · fly
- Cognate mentionfłigwym
- Cognate mentionפֿליגyi · fly
- Cognate mentionflugann
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"Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.",
"Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).",
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