flail
English
/fleɪl/
noun
Definitions
- A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
- A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English flaile inherited from Old English fligel inherited from Proto-Germanic *flagilaz (flail, whip) derived from Old French fil (thread) derived from Latin fīlum (thread) derived from Proto-Germanic *flag- derived from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k- (hit, beat, strike, weep) derived from Proto-Germanic *-ilaz (diminutive suffix) derived from Latin flagellum (whip, whipping flail) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlag- (strike, beat, hit).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰlag-
Gloss
strike, beat, hit
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- file English
- filum English
- flagellate English
- flagellist English
- flagellum English
- flail tank English
- flailsome English
- flaily English
- knuckle English
- tank English
- *affilāre Latin
- *fragellum Latin
- *infīlāre Latin
- *infīlō Latin
- *refilare Latin
- apluda Latin
- filius Latin
- filum Latin
- filāre Latin
- flagello Latin
- flagellum Latin
- flagrum Latin
- flamen Latin
- fīlium Latin
- fīlius Latin
- fīlum Latin
- fīlāre Latin
- fīlāre, filo Latin
- fīlō Latin
- lancea Latin
- plaga Latin
- plangere Latin
- plangō Latin
- plaudo Latin
- -el German
- Dreschflegel German
- Flegel German
- flegelhaft German
- filo Italian
- piangere Italian
- flagellum Dutch, Flemish
- vlegel Dutch, Flemish
- vlegelsman Dutch, Flemish
- fil French
- -ло Russian
- flagelo Spanish, Castilian
- δῖνος Ancient Greek
- λόγχη Ancient Greek
- φραγέλλιον Ancient Greek
- χοανη Ancient Greek
- *-lós Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰlag- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- Proto-Indo-European
- *pl(e)h₂kyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *pleHk- Proto-Indo-European
- *pleh₂g-, *pleh₂k-, *pel- Proto-Indo-European
- *pleh₂k- Proto-Indo-European
- *wimb- Proto-Indo-European
- flagelo Portuguese
- *-ilaz Proto-Germanic
- *-ingaz Proto-Germanic
- *-lingaz Proto-Germanic
- *blankijaną Proto-Germanic
- *flag- Proto-Germanic
- *flagilaz Proto-Germanic
- *flangijaną Proto-Germanic
- -el Old English
- fligel Old English
- flaile Middle English
- -ill Old Norse
- blekkja Old Norse
- *-dlo Proto-Slavic
- *plakati Proto-Slavic
- fil Old French
- flaiel Old French
- fil Catalan, Valencian
- flagel Catalan, Valencian
- flagell Catalan, Valencian
- blekkja Icelandic
- fir Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- flagel Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vlegel Middle Dutch
- Laigin Old Irish
- sroigell Old Irish
- fieu Norman
- fis Norman
- filet Middle French
- *flegil Old Dutch
- fio Old Portuguese
- -il Old Saxon
- hir Aromanian
- plãngu Aromanian
- filu Asturian
- fîl Friulian
- filo Old Spanish
- φραγέλλιον gkm
- fil Dalmatian
- plungro Dalmatian
- fiu Picard