English
flaysome
From flay + -some.
Formed from flay + -some
Proto-Indo-European *plew- ‘flow’
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Proto-Germanic *fleuganą ‘to fly’
Proto-Germanic *flaugijaną ‘to let fly, cause to fly’
Old English flīeġan ‘to put to flight, disperse’
Middle English flayen ‘to put to flight’
English flay
Today it means
adj Terrifying; frightful.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / flaysome