Possibly representing a ; compare Middle Dutch vloe, or perhaps onomatopoeic; compare dialectal English floose, flooze, fleeze, Danish fnug, Swedish fnugg.
Alternatively, West Flemish vluwe may derive from French velu, ultimately from Latin villus ("shaggy hair, tuft of hair").
For words of similar sound and meaning in other languages, compare Japanese フワフワ ("lightly, softly"), Hungarian puha (“soft, fluffy”), Polish puchaty (“soft, fluffy”).
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