Where does “flèche” come from?

flèche (English) comes from French flèche, from Middle French fleche, from Old French fleche, from Vulgar Latin *fleccia, from Frankish fliukkija, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flèche (English): An arrow; Any of the twenty-four points on a...

Definitions

  1. An arrow; Any of the twenty-four points on a...

Ancestry of “flèche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchflèchearrow; spire; jib
2Middle Frenchflechearrow
3Old Frenchflechearrow
4Vulgar Latin*fleccia—
5Frankishfliukkija—
6Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fleuganą →