Where does “Flusssediment” come from?
Flusssediment (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.
Flusssediment (German): river sediment
Definitions
- river sediment
Ancestry of “Flusssediment”, step by step
Flusssediment 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 Sediment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sediment | sediment |
| 2 | Latin | sedimentum | A settling, sinking down, subsidence |
| 3 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 4 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |