Where does “Flussmündung” come from?
Flussmündung (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.
Flussmündung (German): mouth of a river; river mouth
Definitions
- mouth of a river; river mouth
Ancestry of “Flussmündung”, step by step
Flussmündung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Fluß
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fluß | Formerly standard spelling of Fluss which was... |
| 2 | German | fließen | to flow |
| 3 | Middle High German | vlieȥen | to flow, run |
| 4 | Old High German | flioȥan | to flow, to run |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | fleutan | to float; to stream |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fleutaną | to float, stream |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plewd- | to fly, flow, run |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
via German Mündung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Mündung | mouth (of a river) |
| 2 | German | münden | to flow (into something) |
| 3 | German | -en | A suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A... |
| 4 | Middle High German | -en | — |
| 5 | Old High German | -īn | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |