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Where does “flugmaŝino” come from?

flugmaŝino (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.

flugmaŝino (Esperanto): aircraft, flying machine, airplane

Definitions

  1. aircraft, flying machine, airplane

Ancestry of “flugmaŝino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoflugito fly
2Germanflug—
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
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