Where does “Fluch” come from?

Fluch (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German flug, from Proto-Germanic flugiz, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

Fluch (Luxembourgish): flight; curse, hex, malediction; curse,...

Definitions

  1. flight; curse, hex, malediction; curse,...

Ancestry of “Fluch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanflug—
2Proto-Germanicflugizflight, flying
3Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
5Proto-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 →
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