Where does “flécher” come from?

flécher (French) comes from French flèche, from Middle French fleche, from Old French fleche, from Vulgar Latin *fleccia, from Frankish fliukkija, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flécher (French): to mark with arrows

Definitions

  1. to mark with arrows

Ancestry of “flécher”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchflèchearrow; spire; jib
2Middle Frenchflechearrow
3Old Frenchflechearrow
4Vulgar Latin*fleccia—
5Frankishfliukkija—
6Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “flécher”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fleuganą →