Etymograph

English

fleaker

Blend of flask + beaker.

A blend of flask + beaker

Proto-Indo-European *ploḱ-skō ‘flat’

Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ ‘braid-covered bottle, wicker-enclosed jug’

Frankish *flaskā

Old English flasce ‘bottle, flask’

Middle English flask ‘case, cask, keg’

English flask

Middle English bekyr

English beaker

Today it means

noun A container used for liquids in a laboratory, combining the flat base and wide profile of a beaker with the narrowed neck of a flask.

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

Etymograph / fleaker