Where does “freccia” come from?

freccia (Italian) comes from Old French fleche, from Vulgar Latin *fleccia, from Frankish fliukkija, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

freccia (Italian): arrow; indicator, blinker, trafficator

Definitions

  1. arrow; indicator, blinker, trafficator

Ancestry of “freccia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchflechearrow
2Vulgar Latin*fleccia—
3Frankishfliukkija—
4Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “freccia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fleuganą →
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