flaw
English
/ˈflɔː/, /ˈflɔ/, /ˈflɑ/, /ˈflɔː/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) A flake, fragment, or shiver.
- (obsolete) A thin cake, as of ice.
- A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
- A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English flawe derived from Old Norse flaga (stone slab, a flag slab of stone, flake) derived from Proto-Germanic *flagō (a layer of soil) derived from Proto-Indo-European *plāk- (flat, broad, smooth).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*plāk-
Gloss
flat, broad, smooth
Concept
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Cognates and derived terms
- flawed English
- flawful English
- flawless English
- flawlessly English
- flawlessness English
- flawsome English
- flawy English
- unflawed English
- wind English
- windflaw English
- plācātus Latin
- *plāk- Proto-Indo-European
- flak Norwegian Bokmål
- *flagō Proto-Germanic
- *flaką Proto-Germanic
- *flohō Proto-Germanic
- flage Norwegian Nynorsk
- flak Norwegian Nynorsk
- flag Old English
- flaued Middle English
- flawe Middle English
- flaga Old Norse
- flak Old Norse
- flage Danish
- blóðflaga Icelandic
- flaga Icelandic
- kartöfluflaga Icelandic
- plāk- Tocharian B