Where does “abfließen” come from?

abfließen (German) comes 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.

abfließen (German): to drain

Definitions

  1. to drain

Ancestry of “abfließen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfließento flow
2Middle High Germanvlieȥento flow, run
3Old High Germanflioȥanto flow, to run
4Proto-West Germanicfleutanto float; to stream
5Proto-Germanicfleutanąto float, stream
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fleutaną →
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