Where does “fluiter” come from?

fluiter (Dutch) comes from Dutch fluiten, from Dutch Zwaan, from Middle Dutch swane, from Old Dutch swano, from Proto-Germanic swanô.

fluiter (Dutch): a fluter, flute player, flutist

Definitions

  1. a fluter, flute player, flutist

Ancestry of “fluiter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchfluitento whistle; To make any similar sound, as a...
2DutchZwaanCygnus
3Middle Dutchswane—
4Old Dutchswano—
5Proto-Germanicswanô—
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