Where does “fløde” come from?
fløde (Danish) comes from Old Norse flœða, from Proto-Germanic flōdijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
fløde (Danish): cream; to raft, float; to flood, be flood tide
Definitions
- cream; to raft, float; to flood, be flood tide
Ancestry of “fløde”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | flœða | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | flōdijaną | to flood |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 6 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “fløde”