English

flaxenish

From flaxen + -ish.

Formed from flaxen + -ish

Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’

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Proto-West Germanic *flahs ‘flax’

Old English fleax ‘linen, flax’

Old English fleaxen ‘of flax’

Middle English flaxen

Today it means

adj Somewhat flaxen.

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

Etymograph / flaxenish