Where does “floyta” come from?
floyta (Faroese) comes from Danish fløjte, from Middle Low German flöite, from Old French fleüte, from Italian flauto, from Old Occitan flaüt, from Vulgar Latin *flabeolum, from Latin flare — present active infinitive of flō; second-person...
floyta (Faroese): to float, cause to float; to manage to keep...
Definitions
- to float, cause to float; to manage to keep...
Ancestry of “floyta”, step by step
floyta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish fløjte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | fløjte | flute |
| 2 | Middle Low German | flöite | — |
| 3 | Old French | fleüte | Alternative form of fleute |
| 4 | Italian | flauto | flute; recorder |
| 5 | Old Occitan | flaüt | flute musical instrument |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | *flabeolum | — |
| 7 | Latin | flare | present active infinitive of flō; second-person... |
via Old Norse fleyta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | fleyta | to set afloat, launch; to lift slightly from the... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | flautijaną | to make float; to make flow |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 6 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |