Where does “fléien” come from?

fléien (Luxembourgish) comes 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.

fléien (Luxembourgish): to fly; to fly, to pilot

Definitions

  1. to fly; to fly, to pilot

Ancestry of “fléien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvliegento fly
2Old High Germanflioganto 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

Words derived from “fléien”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fleuganą →