Where does “flotōn” come from?

flotōn (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic flutōną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flotōn (Frankish): to float, swim

Definitions

  1. to float, swim

Ancestry of “flotōn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicflutōnąto float; drift
2Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “flotōn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flutōną →