English
flyness
From fly + -ness.
Formed from fly + -ness
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
Today it means
noun The quality of being sharp or smart in appearance.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / flyness