Where does “Fliehkraft” come from?
Fliehkraft (German) comes from German fliehen, from Middle High German vliehen, from Old High German fliohan, from Proto-West Germanic fleuhan, from Proto-Germanic fleuhaną, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
Fliehkraft (German): centrifugal force
Definitions
- centrifugal force
Ancestry of “Fliehkraft”, step by step
Fliehkraft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German fliehen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | fliehen | to flee; to escape |
| 2 | Middle High German | vliehen | to flee |
| 3 | Old High German | fliohan | to flee |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | fleuhan | to flee |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fleuhaną | to flee; to escape |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
via German kraft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kraft | on the basis of; by virtue of; by means of,... |
| 2 | Middle High German | kraft | — |
| 3 | Old High German | kraft | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kraftu | strength, power; skill |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kraftuz | strength, power |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |