פֿלאַקס
־ן
דער
'flax'

ETYMOLOGY

OE fleax, English flax, OS flas, Dutch vlas, OHG flahs, MHG vlahs, NHG Flachs; from PGmc ✱flahsa- 'flax' (or ✱flahso) (DRV); thematized s-stem derived from the PIE root ✱pleḱ- 'to braid' (see פֿלעכטן), an extension of ✱pel- 'to hit' (or to fold?).
Perhaps related: Russian полотно 'canvas'.

WESTERN

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

flåks {WTCP, Budapest, Hutterer 1965: 122, 137}

flákszòˑmə פֿלאַקסזאָמען 'flaxseed' {WTCP, Dunajská Streda, 47179}

CENTRAL

flaks {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}

HASIDIC

AMERICA

flaks