Where does “vlammen” come from?
vlammen (Dutch) comes from Dutch vlam, from Middle Dutch vlamme, from Old Dutch flamma, from Old French flamme, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō — to smell.
vlammen (Dutch): to catch flames; to flash, speed like a flare
Definitions
- to catch flames; to flash, speed like a flare
Ancestry of “vlammen”, step by step
vlammen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch vlam
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vlam | flame; love interest, partner |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | vlamme | flame |
| 3 | Old Dutch | flamma | flame |
| 4 | Old French | flamme | — |
| 5 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 6 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |