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Where does “flyta” come from?

flyta (Faroese) comes from Old Norse flytja, from Proto-Germanic flutjaną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flyta (Faroese): to move

Definitions

  1. to move

Ancestry of “flyta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseflytjato move
2Proto-Germanicflutjanąto move, flutter
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “flyta”

  • flutningur
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →