Where does “fluttern” come from?

fluttern (Low German) comes from Proto-Germanic flutrōną, from Proto-Germanic flutōną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

fluttern (Low German): to flutter

Definitions

  1. to flutter

Ancestry of “fluttern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicflutrōnąto be floating
2Proto-Germanicflutōnąto float; drift
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flutōną →