English

flyflap

From fly + flap.

A compound of fly + flap

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

Middle English flap

English flap

Today it means

noun A piece of leather etc. attached to a stick to be swung to drive away flies.

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