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
- turn signal, a car’s blinker; a slingshot
Ancestry of “فليتشة”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | freccia | arrow; indicator, blinker, trafficator |
| 2 | Old French | fleche | arrow |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *fleccia | — |
| 4 | Frankish | fliukkija | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fleuganą | to fly |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |