English
flywire
From fly + wire.
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 *weh₁y- ‘to turn’
Proto-Indo-European *weh₁iros ‘a twist’
Proto-Germanic *wīraz
Old English wīr ‘wire’
Middle English wir
English wire
Today it means
noun A type of screening used to exclude flies and other insects.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / flywire