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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

fly1 winged insect. OE. flȳġe, flēġe = OS., OHG. flioga (Du. vlieg, G. fliege) :- WGmc. *fleuʒ(j)ō, f. *fleuʒan (see next); cf. ON. fluga.

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