Where does “flitzen” come from?

flitzen (German) comes from German Flitz, from Vulgar Latin *fleccia, from Frankish fliukkija, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flitzen (German): to speed, to whiz, to rush

Definitions

  1. to speed, to whiz, to rush

Ancestry of “flitzen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFlitzarrow
2Vulgar Latin*fleccia—
3Frankishfliukkija—
4Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “flitzen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →