Where does “unfleeable” come from?
unfleeable (English) comes from English fleeable, from English flee, from Middle English flen, from Old English flēon, from Proto-West Germanic fleuhan, from Proto-Germanic fleuhaną, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
unfleeable (English): Impossible to flee from; inescapable
Definitions
- Impossible to flee from; inescapable
Ancestry of “unfleeable”, step by step
unfleeable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fleeable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fleeable | Able to be fled from; escapable |
| 2 | English | flee | To run away; to escape; To escape from; To... |
| 3 | Middle English | flen | plural of fle |
| 4 | Old English | flēon | to flee |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | fleuhan | to flee |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fleuhaną | to flee; to escape |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |