English

flatweave

From flat + weave.

A compound of flat + weave

Proto-Germanic *flataz ‘flat’

Old Norse flatr ‘flat, level’

Middle English flat ‘level’

English flat

Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- ‘to weave, braid’

Proto-Germanic *webaną ‘to weave’

Proto-West Germanic *weban ‘to weave’

Old English wefan ‘to weave’

Middle English weven ‘to weave’

English weave

Today it means

noun A kind of carpet created by interlocking warp (vertical) and weft (horizontal) threads.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / flatweave