Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “plewk-”
400 words across 37 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European plewk- — including flight, fly, flying, flew, foul, flee, flown, fowl.
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English (229)
- flight
- fly
- flying
- flew
- foul
- flee
- flown
- fowl
- Fowler
- plume
- plumage
- fledgling
- flyer
- fouling
- flak
- afoul
- flighty
- fowling
- flywheel
- flier
- foully
- dragonfly
- firefly
- fowler
- spaceflight
- flay
- flyout
- gadfly
- whitefly
- flightless
- flycatcher
- wildfowl
- preflight
- fouler
- flyleaf
- plumaged
- mayfly
- flyover
- plumy
- biofouling
- fledge
- housefly
- overflight
- antifouling
- fleeth
- plumule
- flypaper
- flyaway
- plumose
- flightiness
- flyball
- flighted
- sawfly
- flytrap
- peafowl
- damselfly
- overflown
- postflight
- pluma
- foulmouthed
- befoul
- flyback
- blackfly
- stonefly
- midflight
- flyway
- fowlpox
- sandfly
- highflying
- greenfly
- overfly
- fugleman
- fruitfly
- barfly
- flyswatter
- topflight
- flyweight
- flybridge
- flyman
- fleering
- fleer
- flyable
- flayer
- flyboy
- fliest
- flyfisher
- hoverfly
- flugelhorn
- catchfly
- moorfowl
- botfly
- outfly
- foulbrood
- wildfowler
- flyspeck
- flewed
- flyrod
- superplume
- nonflying
- plumeless
- plumelike
- flywhisk
- flywire
- fogle
- flyest
- flysheet
- deerfly
- flightlessness
- junglefowl
- flycatching
- flyscreen
- fleest
- flightily
- flyspecked
- fugle
- plumula
- fowlhouse
- flyfisherman
- kiteflying
- scorpionfly
- cranefly
- macrofouling
- flybook
- flystrike
- nonfouling
- flypast
- fley
- aflight
- flaysome
- superfly
- spurfowl
- flyfish
- unflown
- flighter
- flythrough
- rockfowl
- scrubfowl
- plumular
- gamefowl
- unflyable
- flyproof
- plumelet
- fishfly
- plumous
- fleshfly
- gallfly
- alderfly
- befoulment
- fleeringly
- microfouling
- flightworthy
- filoplume
- flyless
- flyblow
- batfowling
- flyingly
- flyspecking
- unplume
- nonflight
- flyrodder
- antifoul
- megaplume
- foulmouth
- replume
- flyness
- nonflier
- dungfly
- dayflying
- flightworthiness
- dayfly
- plumery
- flugelhornist
- unflighted
- befouleth
- fowlish
- flugelman
- flybane
- foulish
- fowlery
- snakefly
- flightcase
- befouler
- displume
- semiplume
- fairyfly
- dronefly
- antibiofouling
- plumulaceous
- nonfoul
- Fowlerian
- antifly
- fouleth
- landfowl
- owlfly
- flymaker
- emplume
- fowlerite
- plumigerous
- refly
- flayeth
- lanternfly
- fowllike
- plumosity
- multiflight
- flypapered
- flayest
- flyloft
- flyunder
- bobfly
- fleerer
- flugleman
- oxfly
- plumicorn
- pluminess
- plumiped
- plumulose
- apple fly
- in-flight
- voël
- Flying Dutchman
- bottlefly
- fly sheet
- flypost
- shoofly pie
- flightcraft
- flower fly
- lanthorn-fly
- multiflighted
- flyhawk
Dutch (36)
- vlucht
- vogel
- vluchten
- vleugel
- snuffelvliegtuig
- vliegtuig
- vliegen
- aasvogel
- vogelbekdier
- pluim
- speelvogel
- loopvogel
- zweefvliegtuig
- vluchtstrook
- watervliegtuig
- vliegveld
- kraanvogel
- vliegshow
- terugvliegen
- ontvluchten
- trekvogel
- vogelachtig
- vlieden
- vogelverschrikker
- zeevogel
- pechvogel
- ongeluksvogel
- overvleugelen
- vluchtweg
- vliegverkeer
- wegvliegen
- voortvluchtig
- vleugelpiano
- vleugelspeler
- vrachtvliegtuig
- overvliegen