English

flyrod

From fly + rod.

A compound of fly + rod

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 rodde ‘As a staff or wand’

English rod

Today it means

noun a thin, flexible fishing rod designed to cast an artificial fly

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