flís

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Czech

Noun

flís m inan

  1. fleece (insulating wooly garment)

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse flís.

Noun

flís f (genitive singular flísar, nominative plural flísar)

  1. a splinter, a chip, a sliver
    Synonym: afklofi
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Danish flise.

Noun

flís f (genitive singular flísar, nominative plural flísar)

  1. a tile
    Synonym: plata
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Etymology 3

Borrowed from English fleece.

Noun

flís n (genitive singular flíss, nominative plural flís)

  1. fleece (type of fabric)
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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flīsō, related to *flaiski (flesh, meat).[1]

Noun

flís f (genitive flísar, plural flísir)

  1. splinter, chip (of wood)
    Synonym: spánn

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Descendants

  • Icelandic: flís
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: flis m or f
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: flis f

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “835”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 835

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “flís”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive