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English word flesh comes from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁ḱ-, and later Proto-Germanic *flaiską (Meat, flesh.)
*pleh₁ḱ- (Proto-Indo-European)
*flaiską (Proto-Germanic)
Meat, flesh.
flǣsċ (Old English)
flǣsc (Old English)
flæsch (Middle English)
flesh (English)
(by extension) Bare arms, bare legs, bare torso.. (obsolete) Kindred; stock; race.. (obsolete) Tenderness of feeling; gentleness.. (religion) The evil and corrupting principle working in man.. (religion) The mortal body of a human being, contrasted with the spirit or soul.. A yellowish pink colour; the colour of some Caucasian human skin.. Animal tissue regarded as food; meat (but sometimes [...]