Where does “فليتشة” come from?

فليتشة (Libyan Arabic) comes from Italian freccia, 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.

فليتشة (Libyan Arabic): turn signal, a car’s blinker; a slingshot

Definitions

  1. turn signal, a car’s blinker; a slingshot

Ancestry of “فليتشة”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfrecciaarrow; indicator, blinker, trafficator
2Old Frenchflechearrow
3Vulgar Latin*fleccia—
4Frankishfliukkija—
5Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fleuganą →