Etymology

flehman

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German flehmen
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flehman · noun1

  1. German · borrowed fromflehmen
  2. English todayflehman

From German flehmen. Respelled apparently under the influence of the common name-ending -man, due to the mistaken belief that the word (used in compounds like flehmen response) was an eponym. The term is sometimes capitalized (Flehmen, Flehman) for the same reason).

Flehman · noun2

  1. German · borrowed fromflehmen
  2. English todayFlehman

From German flehmen. Respelled and capitalized apparently under the influence of the common name-ending -man and due to the mistaken belief that the word (used in compounds like flehmen response) was an eponym.

Words from the same roots

Germanflehmen all →

flehmflehmen

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