Where does “flegen” come from?

flegen (Low German) comes from Middle Low German vlegen, from Old Saxon fliogan, from Proto-West Germanic fleugan, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flegen (Low German): to fly

Definitions

  1. to fly

Ancestry of “flegen”, step by step

flegen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German vlegen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvlegento fly; to disperse through the air; to blow
2Old Saxonflioganto fly
3Proto-West Germanicfleuganto fly
4Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Norwegian Nynorsk flå

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskflåto skin, flay; flat, wide, open
2Old Norsefláto flay
3Proto-Germanicflahanąto skin, to flay
4Proto-Germanicplok-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fleuganą →