fliss

Scots

Alternative forms

• flis

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian flis (“splinter”), from Old Norse flís, from Proto-Germanic *flīsō (“splinter”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split”). Cognate with Icelandic flís (“splinter; sliver; chip”), Norwegian flis (“a splinter”), Swedish flisa (“splinter; sliver; flake”), Danish flise (“splinter; tile”), German Fliese (“tile; flag”), Norwegian flysja (“to slice; split; peel off”).

Noun

fliss (plural flisses)

1. flake; splinter; chip

Verb

fliss (third-person singular simple present flisses, present participle flissin, simple past and past participle flisst)

1. to peel in flakes