Where does “flom” come from?

flom (Danish) comes from Old Norse flom, from Proto-Germanic flaumaz, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flom (Danish): flood

Definitions

  1. flood

Ancestry of “flom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseflom—
2Proto-Germanicflaumazstream; current; flood; eddy
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flaumaz →Every word from Old Norse flom →