Where does “geneflow” come from?

geneflow (English) comes from English flow, from Middle English flowen, from Old English flōwan, from Proto-West Germanic *flōan, from Proto-Germanic flōaną, from Proto-Indo-European plōw-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

geneflow (English): The transfer of alleles or genes between...

Definitions

  1. The transfer of alleles or genes between...

Ancestry of “geneflow”, step by step

geneflow traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English flow

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflowA movement in people or things with a particular...
2Middle EnglishflowenTo flow, stream, or issue; to move; To become...
3Old Englishflōwanto flow
4Proto-West Germanic*flōanto flow
5Proto-Germanicflōanąto flow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplōw-to flow, swim; to pour, wash
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via English gene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgeneA theoretical unit of heredity of living...
2Germangēn
3Middle High Germangēn
4Old High Germangēn
5Proto-West Germanicgānto go
6Proto-Germanicgānąto go, walk
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰengʰ-to walk; to step
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew-