Where does “fljót” come from?

fljót (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse fljót, from Proto-Germanic fleutą, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

fljót (Icelandic): a large river

Definitions

  1. a large river

Ancestry of “fljót”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefljót—
2Proto-Germanicfleutąriver, stream
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “fljót”

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