English
flywhisk
From fly + whisk.
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 *weys- ‘to raise, increase’
Proto-Germanic *wiskaz ‘bundle of hay/straw, wisp’
Old Norse visk
Middle English whisk
English whisk
Today it means
noun A whisk used to brush away flies.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / flywhisk