Where does “Vietnamflagge” come from?

Vietnamflagge (German) comes from German Flagge, from English flag, from English flack, from Middle English flacken, from German flackern, from Middle High German vlackern, from Proto-Germanic flakuraz, from Proto-Indo-European plāg- — to wander; to fill.

Vietnamflagge (German): Vietnam flag

Definitions

  1. Vietnam flag

Ancestry of “Vietnamflagge”, step by step

Vietnamflagge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Flagge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFlaggeflag
2EnglishflagA piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem,...
3EnglishflackTo flutter; palpitate; To hang loosely; flag; To...
4Middle Englishflackento palpitate, flutter; to move to and fro,...
5Germanflackernto flicker
6Middle High Germanvlackern
7Proto-Germanicflakurazshaking, wavering
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplāg-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpelə-to wander; to fill

via German Vietnam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVietnamVietnam
2VietnameseViệt NamVietnamese
3VietnameseNam ViệtNanyue
4Middle Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pelə-
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