Where does “vogel” come from?

vogel (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch vōgel, from Old Dutch fogal, from Proto-West Germanic fugl, from Proto-Germanic fuglaz, from Proto-Germanic fluglaz, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

vogel (Dutch): bird, any member of the class Aves; gaai, a...

Definitions

  1. bird, any member of the class Aves; gaai, a...

Ancestry of “vogel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchvōgelbird
2Old Dutchfogalbird
3Proto-West Germanicfuglbird
4Proto-Germanicfuglazbird
5Proto-Germanicfluglaz—
6Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “vogel”

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