Where does “flamand” come from?

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

flamand (Dutch): a Flemish person, doing characteristically Flemish things

Definitions

  1. a Flemish person, doing characteristically Flemish things

Ancestry of “flamand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchflamandFlemish
2Old FrenchflamencFlemish
3Middle DutchVlamincFleming
4Proto-Germanicflaumazstream; current; flood; eddy
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flaumaz →Every word from Middle Dutch Vlaminc →