Why are flies called flies?

[mycats]

I mean, I know they fly, but so do loads of other insects and birds etc so why did that one get called fly??

[SaxyJag]

You mean you've never met a creep?

[Clanad]

The noun fly is one of those unusual words that originated with the verb to fly, meaning of course, to soar, flap wings, break the bonds of gravity, etc. For reasons largely unknown, this word then, describing the insect, comes from the Germanic Fliege, meaning, to fly. This, then, came to mean in the Old English, any winged insect, including butterflies. The word has had so many permutations through Norse and Old as well as Middle English that the true origin as the insect has been lost. (With help from Online Etymology Dictionary).

[digimbyte]

these things r true how ever your question is very simple when people started to name creatures the "fly" was one of the firsts and it was a start

[digimbyte]

here visit

http://www.reference.com/browse/columbia/fly

[vicalncraig]

If you pull its wings off its called a walk!

[mycats]

Oh I've met LOADS of creeps SaxyJag lol

Thanks Clanad and digimbyte, and vicalncraig GROAN! lol