Where does “flugludilo” come from?

flugludilo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto flugi, from German flug, from Old High German flug, from Proto-Germanic flugiz, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flugludilo (Esperanto): kite

Definitions

  1. kite

Ancestry of “flugludilo”, step by step

flugludilo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto flugi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoflugito fly
2Germanflugflight (in the air)
3Old High Germanflug—
4Proto-Germanicflugizflight, flying
5Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Esperanto ludilo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoludilotoy
2Esperanto-iloan instrument, a tool for performing the action...
3Proto-Germanic-ilazagent suffix; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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