Where does “Fließgleichgewicht” come from?
Fließgleichgewicht (German) comes from German fließen, from Middle High German vlieȥen, from Old High German flioȥan, from Proto-West Germanic fleutan, from Proto-Germanic fleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
Fließgleichgewicht (German): dynamic equilibrium; steady state
Definitions
- dynamic equilibrium; steady state
Ancestry of “Fließgleichgewicht”, step by step
Fließgleichgewicht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German fließen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | fließen | to flow |
| 2 | Middle High German | vlieȥen | to flow, run |
| 3 | Old High German | flioȥan | to flow, to run |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | fleutan | to float; to stream |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fleutaną | to float, stream |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plewd- | to fly, flow, run |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
via German Gleichgewicht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gleichgewicht | equilibrium; balance, poise |
| 2 | German | gleich | equal; same; very similar; same; identical |
| 3 | Middle High German | gelīch | — |
| 4 | Old High German | gilīh | equal |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | galīk | alike, similar |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | galīkaz | alike, similar; equal |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |