Where does “Vlaming” come from?

Vlaming (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch Vlaminc, from Proto-Germanic flaumaz, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

Vlaming (Dutch): Fleming

Definitions

  1. Fleming

Ancestry of “Vlaming”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle DutchVlamincFleming
2Proto-Germanicflaumazstream; current; flood; eddy
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “Vlaming”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flaumaz →Every word from Middle Dutch Vlaminc →
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