Where does “fließen” come from?

fließen (German) comes 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.

fließen (German): to flow

Definitions

  1. to flow

Ancestry of “fließen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvlieȥento flow, run
2Old High Germanflioȥanto flow, to run
3Proto-West Germanicfleutanto float; to stream
4Proto-Germanicfleutanąto float, stream
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “fließen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fleutaną →