fló
Icelandic
/flouː/
noun
Definitions
- flea
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse fló (layer, surface) derived from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz (flea) derived from Proto-Indo-European *plówkos.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*plówkos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiflea English
- beflea English
- deflea English
- flea English
- fleabag English
- fleabane English
- fleabite English
- fleabitten English
- fleaborne English
- fleabrain English
- flealike English
- fleasome English
- fleawort English
- sandflea English
- Floh German
- Flohmarkt German
- Flohzirkus German
- Sandfloh German
- *plówkos Proto-Indo-European
- *plúsis Proto-Indo-European
- *flauhaz Proto-Germanic
- *flohō Proto-Germanic
- flo Norwegian Nynorsk
- fleah Old English
- flēa Old English
- fle Middle English
- fló Old Norse
- flōh Old High German
- vlō Middle High German
- Flou Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Floumaart Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *flauh gmw-pro
- Flo Alemannic German
- flo Norwegian