Where does “floatstone” come from?
floatstone (English) comes from English float, from Middle English flote, from Old French flote, from Old Norse floti, from Proto-Germanic flutô, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
floatstone (English): A kind of calcareous rock, more than 10% of which...
Definitions
- A kind of calcareous rock, more than 10% of which...
Ancestry of “floatstone”, step by step
floatstone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English float
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | float | Of an object or substance, to be supported by a... |
| 2 | Middle English | flote | Alternative form of floute; Something that... |
| 3 | Old French | flote | fleet |
| 4 | Old Norse | floti | fleet |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | flutô | A float; flotation device; A raft; boat; ship |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plewd- | to fly, flow, run |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
via English Stone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Stone | for someone who lived near a stone worked with stone, from |
| 2 | Middle English | ston | Alternative form of stone |
| 3 | Old English | stān | stone, rock |
| 4 | Old Norse | Veggr | name of a dwarf |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wajjuz | wall |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wh̥₁yús | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weh₁y- | to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,... |