Where does “Fleet” come from?

Fleet (German) comes from Middle Low German vlēt, from Norman fliot, from Old Norse flóð, from Proto-Germanic flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European plōw-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

Fleet (German): a watercourse through marshland; a kind of city...

Definitions

  1. a watercourse through marshland; a kind of city...

Ancestry of “Fleet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvlēt—
2Normanfliotflow of tide, flood
3Old Norseflóðflood; stream, river, flood, massive flow of...
4Proto-Germanicflōduzriver; flood
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplōw-to flow, swim; to pour, wash
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plōw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flōduz →