An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Fliete

by Friedrich Kluge

Fliete, feminine, ‘fleam, lancet,’ from the equivalent Middle High German vliete, vlieten, Old High German flietuma; further derived from Greek and Middle Latin phlebotomum, ‘lancet, an instrument for opening veins,’ whence also the equivalent cognates Anglo-Saxon flŷtme, French flamme, English fleam, Dutch vlijm.