Where does “fluctueren” come from?

fluctueren (Dutch) comes from French fluctuer, from Latin fluctuō, from Latin fluctus, from Latin fluō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

fluctueren (Dutch): to fluctuate

Definitions

  1. to fluctuate

Ancestry of “fluctueren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfluctuerto fluctuate
2Latinfluctuōto surge, swell, undulate
3Latinfluctusa wave, billow
4Latinfluōto flow, stream, pour
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-to bleat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →