Where does “zusammenfließen” come from?

zusammenfließen (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.

zusammenfließen (German): to flow into each other

Definitions

  1. to flow into each other

Ancestry of “zusammenfließen”, 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 →