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Where does “flytte” come from?

flytte (Danish) comes from Old Norse flytja, from Proto-Germanic flutjaną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flytte (Danish): move, remove; move; move, move away

Definitions

  1. move, remove; move; move, move away

Ancestry of “flytte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseflytjato move
2Proto-Germanicflutjanąto move, flutter
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “flytte”

  • flyttebil
  • flyttemand
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