Etymograph

English

flynet

Flynet comes from Middle English *flynet, and goes back to Old English flēohnet.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150flēohnet
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*flynetreconstructed
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1911flynet

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150flēohnet
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*flynetreconstructed
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1911flynet

Earliest quotation: 1911, Mandell Creighton: “The Pope declares me guilty of treason; he is…”

A compound of fly + net

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-Germanic *natją ‘net’

Proto-West Germanic *nati ‘net’

Old English net

Middle English net

English net

Every English word from Old English flēohnet

Today it means

noun A net to catch flies or used as a protection against flies, as in an open window to prevent their entrance.

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Etymograph / Old English flēohnet / flynet

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