Where does “entfléien” come from?

entfléien (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish fléien, from Middle High German vliegen, from Old High German fliogan, from Proto-West Germanic fleugan, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

entfléien (Luxembourgish): to fly away

Definitions

  1. to fly away

Ancestry of “entfléien”, step by step

entfléien traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish fléien

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Luxembourgishfléiento fly; to fly, to pilot
2Middle High Germanvliegento fly
3Old High Germanflioganto fly
4Proto-West Germanicfleuganto fly
5Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Luxembourgish ent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Luxembourgishent—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fleuganą →