See also: flaša, fľaša, and flåsa

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Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse flasa, from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *plē- (to cut off, split off), probably related to *pleh₂- (flat) and thus English flake, along with Faroese fles (skerry).[1]

Noun edit

flasa f (genitive singular flösu, no plural)

  1. dandruff
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Etymology 2 edit

See flas (haste)

Verb edit

flasa

  1. (transitive, with preposition ) to rush into, to go into something hastily
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References edit

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “2424”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2424