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Old English fligel (inherited)
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Middle English flaile (inherited)
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Middle English flayle (mention)
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Middle English fleil (mention)
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Middle English fleyl (mention)
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Middle English fleȝȝl (mention)
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Old French fil (derived)
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Old French flael (cognate)
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West Frisian fleil (cognate)
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Proto-Germanic *flag- (derived)
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Proto-Germanic *flah- (mention)
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Proto-Germanic *-ilaz (derived)
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Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k- (derived)
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰlag- (derived)
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰlaǵ- (mention)