Where does “Fiume” come from?

Fiume (Italian) comes from Latin Flūmen, from Latin fluō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Fiume (Italian): Rijeka

Definitions

  1. Rijeka

Ancestry of “Fiume”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinFlūmena river
2Latinfluōto flow, stream, pour
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-to bleat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “Fiume”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁- →