flathe
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From Middle English flathe (“flat fish”), from Old English *flaþa ("flatcake"; found only in compound flæþecomb, fleþecomb (“weaver's comb”)), from Proto-West Germanic *flaþō (“flatcake”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“broad, flat”). Cognate with Dutch vla, vlade (“baked custard, pancake”), Middle Low German vlade (“flatcake”), German Fladen (“a flatcake, cowpatty”). Related to flan.
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flathe (plural flathes)
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Old English *flaþa, from Proto-West Germanic *flaþō. Doublet of flathon and flaun.
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flathe (rare, Late Middle English)
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- “flāthe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-06.