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Fla meaning,  plosku, ‘flat’;  plânus scarcely represents *plagnus (see ); related to  πλάξ (stem πλακ), ‘surface,’  πλακοῦς,  placenta, ‘cake.’ But  flat,  flatr,  flaȥ, ‘flat, level,’ have nothing to do with. A and  parallel form of  is mentioned under.  ,, ‘flax,’ from the  vlahs,  flahs, ;   vlas,  fleax, ,  flax; a common West  term, unknown to  and. Usually referred to the root fleh (or fleht) in ; s ( *flahsa-) is probably a suffix.  ,, ‘to flare, flicker,’ from vlackern, ‘to flicker,’  (once) flagarôn (for flaggarôn?), ‘to fly, flutter about’; akin to  flacor, ‘flying, fluttering,’  flakeren, ‘to fly, flutter about,’  flackeren,  flökra, , ‘to flutter,’ as well as the  flökta. the cognate stems flicorian,  to flicker,  flikkern, ‘to glimmer, gleam’; this class, on account of the numerous words it comprised at an early period, cannot be derived from  flagrare, nor even be connected with, to which  flogarôn, flokrôn, ‘to flutter,’ and flogezen,  vlokzen, ‘to flutter, gleam,’ may be referred.  ,, ‘flat cake, cow dung,’ from vlade, , ‘broad, thin cake,’  flado, ‘offering-cake’; corresponds to  vlade vla, , ‘pancake,’  flaþe ( *flaþa). Pre- platan- or plathan- would have to be assumed, perhaps with the sense, ‘surface, flat thing’;   πλατύς, ‘broad’;  πλάθανον (θ for Aryan th), ‘cake-mould’;  pṛthús, ‘broad’ (akin to  pṛthivî, ‘earth,’ under ), práthas,, ‘breadth,’  platùs, ‘broad.’ Allied to the graded forms plôth,  Plôtus, Plautus,  ‘flatfooted,’ semiplôtia, ‘slipper,’  vluoder, ‘flounder,’  ‘flat fish.’ Remoter cognates of the whole class are  flatr,  flaȥ, ‘level, flat.’ From , which is probably West  only, arc derived the early  flado,  fiadone, ‘honeycomb,’  flan, ‘flat cake, custard’ (whence  flawn, ‘a kind of custard’). for its meaning breitinc,, ‘a sort of biscuit,’ akin to.   ,, ‘flag, ensign, standard,’ borrowed, like most words with gg (see , ), from  and  in the  period;   vlag,  flag,  flag,  flagg. A modern word not recorded in the earlier periods. In which of the maritime tribes this and other nautical terms were first used we know not, for the earlier history eludes us. Since, however, preserves the earliest forms of a number of nautical terms which are afterwards found in all the cognate languages (see, ,  (2), , &c.), the silence of the  records — no term *flacge is found — may be accepted as a proof that  is not native to England.   ,, ‘broad-sword,’ simply from  flamberge, the origin of which is often referred to , though no suitable type can be found.   ,, ‘flame, blaze, flash,’ from the  flamme, vlamme, ;   flamma,  vlam, formed from  flamma.   ,, ‘flank, side,’ simply , from flanc, which, with its  cognate ( fianco), is derived from  hlanca, ‘side’ (see ). For fl, from  hl, see.   ,, ‘bottle, flask,’ from the  vlasche,  flasca,  ( also vlesche with mutation);   flesch,  flasce, ,  flask,  (found early) flaska, ,  *flaskô, whence  lasku. The word is recorded in at an early period, but on account of its correspondence with the  words for ‘bottle,’ it may have been borrowed;   flasco (occurs very early),  fiasco,  flacon. Some etymologists derive flasco from  vasculum. An exhaustive history of these cognates has not yet been attempted.  ,, ‘to flutter, dangle,’ in vladern from  vlëdern (see );  flatteren,  to flatter, akin to flutter, also  fliteren,  to flitter;  floterian,  floteren, ‘to undulate,’ are, however, certainly allied to the root flut, ‘to flow.’ ,, ‘feeble, stagnant, insipid, dull,’ simply ; borrowed in the last century from flau,  flauw, ‘languid, faint, indifferent,’ which, with  flew, ‘soft, tender,’ are derived from. Considering the late appearance of the cognates, and the area to which they are confined, it is certain that they originated