Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
To remove fleas from (an animal).
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities. · A thing of no significance.
From Middle English fle, from Old English flēah, flēa, from Proto-West Germanic *flauh, from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz (compare West Frisian flie, Low German Flo, Flö, Dutch vlo, German Floh, Icelandic fló), from pre-Germanic *plóukos, *plówkos, from or akin to Proto-Indo-European *plus- (compare Latin pulex, Sanskrit प्लुषि (plúṣi)). The archaic plural fleen is from Middle English fleen, flen, from Old English flēan (“fleas”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionfleenm
- Inherited-form mentionflēahang
- Inherited-form mention*flauhgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*flauhazgem-pro
- Cognate mentionfliefy
- Cognate mentionFlonds
- Cognate mentionvlonl
- Cognate mentionFlohde
- Cognate mentionflóis
- Inherited-form mention*plus-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionpulexla
- Cognate mentionप्लुषिsa
- Inherited-form mentionfleenenm
- Inherited-form mentionflēanang · fleas
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