flone

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)plei-“to divide, split, splice”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*flainaz“fork-point, prong, hook, spear-tip”
3. Old English · inherited fromflān“barb, arrow, javelin, dart”
4. Middle English · inherited fromflon
5. English todayflone

From Middle English flon, flone, flan, from Old English flān (“barb, arrow, javelin, dart”), from Proto-Germanic *flainaz (“fork-point, prong, hook, spear-tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)plei- (“to divide, split, splice”). Cognate with Icelandic fleinn (“thorn, arrow, dart, pike, fluke”).