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Where does “fluten” come from?

fluten (German) comes from Proto-Germanic flōdijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

fluten (German): to flood

Definitions

  1. to flood

Ancestry of “fluten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicflōdijanąto flood
2Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
3Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
5Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “fluten”

  • Deckenfluter
  • überfluten
  • flute
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