Where does “flaumur” come from?

flaumur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse flaumr, from Proto-Germanic flaumaz, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flaumur (Icelandic): eddy, current

Definitions

  1. eddy, current

Ancestry of “flaumur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseflaumreddy
2Proto-Germanicflaumazstream; current; flood; eddy
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flaumaz →Every word from Old Norse flaumr →