Where does “アエロフロート” come from?
アエロフロート (Japanese) comes from Russian Аэрофло́т, from Russian флот, from Dutch vloot, from Middle Dutch vlote, from Middle Dutch vlieten, from Old Dutch flietan, from Proto-West Germanic fleutan, from Proto-Germanic fleutaną — to fly, flow, run.
アエロフロート (Japanese): Aeroflot, the Russian airline
Definitions
- Aeroflot, the Russian airline
Ancestry of “アエロフロート”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | Аэрофло́т | Aeroflot airlines |
| 2 | Russian | флот | fleet, naval fleet |
| 3 | Dutch | vloot | fleet |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | vlote | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | vlieten | to flow; to float; to swim |
| 6 | Old Dutch | flietan | to float; to flow; to melt |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | fleutan | to float; to stream |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fleutaną | to float, stream |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | plewd- | to fly, flow, run |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |