Where does “vlotbrug” come from?

vlotbrug (Dutch) comes from Dutch vlot, from Middle Dutch vlot, from German fließen, from Middle High German vlieȥen, from Old High German flioȥan, from Proto-West Germanic fleutan, from Proto-Germanic fleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd- — to fly, flow, run.

vlotbrug (Dutch): a retractable floating bridge

Definitions

  1. a retractable floating bridge

Ancestry of “vlotbrug”, step by step

vlotbrug traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vlot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvlotsmooth, easy; quick, fast; raft
2Middle Dutchvlotafloat, floatable
3Germanfließento flow
4Middle High Germanvlieȥento flow, run
5Old High Germanflioȥanto flow, to run
6Proto-West Germanicfleutanto float; to stream
7Proto-Germanicfleutanąto float, stream
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
9Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Dutch brug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbrugbridge; A substantive connection in a discourse...
2Middle Dutchbruggebridge; Bruges
3Old Dutchbruggabridge
4Proto-West Germanicbruggjubridge
5Proto-Germanicbrugjǭbridge
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰerw-to boil, brew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →