English
flyswatter
From fly + swatter.
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 A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / flyswatter