Where does “floodway” come from?
floodway (English) comes from English flood, from Middle English flod, from Old English flōd, from Proto-West Germanic flōdu, from Proto-Germanic flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European plōw-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
floodway (English): An engineered path to channel floodwaters away...
Definitions
- An engineered path to channel floodwaters away...
Ancestry of “floodway”, step by step
floodway traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flood | A overflow of water from a lake or other body of... |
| 2 | Middle English | flod | A waterbody or water in general; A flood; a... |
| 3 | Old English | flōd | river, flood |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | flōdu | river; flood |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | flōduz | river; flood |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plōw- | to flow, swim; to pour, wash |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |