English
flyblow
From fly + blow.
Proto-Indo-European *plew- ‘to fly, flow, run’
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Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ ‘flying insect, fly’
Proto-West Germanic *fleugā ‘fly’
Old English flēge ‘a fly’
Middle English fflye
English fly
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to blow’
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Proto-Germanic *blēaną ‘to blow’
Proto-West Germanic *blāan ‘to blow’
Old English blāwan ‘to blow, breathe’
Middle English blowen ‘to blow’
English blow
Today it means
noun An egg laid by a fly in animal flesh; a maggot hatched from such an egg.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / flyblow