Where does “flottement” come from?

flottement (French) comes from French flotter, from Middle French flotter, from Old French floter, from Frankish flotōn, from Proto-Germanic flutōną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flottement (French): hesitation; flutter, fluctuation; floating

Definitions

  1. hesitation; flutter, fluctuation; floating

Ancestry of “flottement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchflotterTo float; to flutter, to wave; to mill about
2Middle Frenchflotterto float
3Old Frenchfloterto float
4Frankishflotōnto float, swim
5Proto-Germanicflutōnąto float; drift
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flutōną →