Where does “Wasserabfluss” come from?
Wasserabfluss (German) comes from German Abfluss, 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- — to fly, flow, run.
Wasserabfluss (German): water outflow
Definitions
- water outflow
Ancestry of “Wasserabfluss”, step by step
Wasserabfluss traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Abfluss
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Abfluss | drain; plughole; outlet |
| 2 | German | Fluß | Formerly standard spelling of Fluss which was... |
| 3 | German | fließen | to flow |
| 4 | Middle High German | vlieȥen | to flow, run |
| 5 | Old High German | flioȥan | to flow, to run |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | fleutan | to float; to stream |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fleutaną | to float, stream |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plewd- | to fly, flow, run |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
via German wasser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | wasser | inflection of wassern: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | wazzer | water |
| 3 | Old High German | waȥȥar | water |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | watar | water |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | watōr | water |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wódr̥ | water |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |