English
flysheet
From fly + sheet.
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 *(s)kewd- ‘to throw, shoot’
Proto-Germanic *skautijǭ
Old English sċīete ‘a sheet of linen’
Middle English schete ‘linen cloth’
English sheet
Today it means
noun An extra cover of a tent to protect against insects and bad weather.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / flysheet