Where does “Aeroflot” come from?
Aeroflot (English) comes from Russian Аэрофло́т, from Russian флот, from Dutch vloot, from Middle Dutch vlote, from Middle Dutch vlieten, from Old Dutch flietan, from Proto-West Germanic fleutan, from Proto-Germanic fleutaną — to fly, flow, run.
Ancestry of “Aeroflot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | Аэрофло́т | — |
| 2 | Russian | флот | fleet, naval fleet |
| 3 | Dutch | vloot | fleet |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | vlote | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | vlieten | to flow; to float; to swim |
| 6 | Old Dutch | flietan | to float; to flow; to melt |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | fleutan | to float; to stream |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fleutaną | to float, stream |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | plewd- | to fly, flow, run |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |