Where does “flotage” come from?

flotage (English) comes from Old French flotage, from Old French floter, from Frankish flotōn, from Proto-Germanic flutōną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flotage (English): The state of floating; That which floats on the...

Definitions

  1. The state of floating; That which floats on the...

Ancestry of “flotage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchflotageact of diverting water from a river to a meadow...
2Old Frenchfloterto float
3Frankishflotōnto float, swim
4Proto-Germanicflutōnąto float; drift
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flutōną →