Where does “Flöte” come from?

Flöte (German) comes from Middle High German vloite, from Middle Dutch floite, 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...

Flöte (German): flute; whistle; a hand or number of fitting cards...

Definitions

  1. flute; whistle; a hand or number of fitting cards...

Ancestry of “Flöte”, step by step

Flöte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German vloite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvloite—
2Middle Dutchfloite—
3Old FrenchfleüteAlternative form of fleute
4Italianflautoflute; recorder
5Old Occitanflaütflute musical instrument
6Vulgar Latin*flabeolum—
7Latinflarepresent active infinitive of flō; second-person...

via Swedish flyta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishflytato float; of an object or substance, to be...
2Old Swedishflȳtato float
3Old Norsefljótato float
4Proto-Germanicfleutanąto float, stream
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “Flöte”

Every word from Latin flare →Every word from Vulgar Latin *flabeolum →Every word from Old Occitan flaüt →