Where does “Flussinsel” come from?

Flussinsel (German) comes from German Fluß, 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.

Flussinsel (German): river island, eyot

Definitions

  1. river island, eyot

Ancestry of “Flussinsel”, step by step

Flussinsel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Fluß

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFlußFormerly standard spelling of Fluss which was...
2Germanfließento flow
3Middle High Germanvlieȥento flow, run
4Old High Germanflioȥanto flow, to run
5Proto-West Germanicfleutanto float; to stream
6Proto-Germanicfleutanąto float, stream
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via German insel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germaninselan island, an isle
2Middle High Germaninsel
3LatinĪnsula
4Proto-Italicenselā
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew-