Where does “fletxer” come from?

fletxer (Catalan) comes from Catalan fletxa, from Old French fleche, from Vulgar Latin *fleccia, from Frankish fliukkija, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

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Ancestry of “fletxer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanfletxaarrow
2Old Frenchflechearrow
3Vulgar Latin*fleccia—
4Frankishfliukkija—
5Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →