Where does “Flugsimulator” come from?

Flugsimulator (German) comes from German flug, from Old High German flug, from Proto-Germanic flugiz, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

Flugsimulator (German): flight simulator

Definitions

  1. flight simulator

Ancestry of “Flugsimulator”, step by step

Flugsimulator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German flug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanflugflight (in the air)
2Old High Germanflug
3Proto-Germanicflugizflight, flying
4Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via German Simulator

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSimulatorsimulator
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew-