Where does “offléissen” come from?
offléissen (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish fléissen, from Middle High German vlieȥen, from Old High German flioȥan, from Proto-West Germanic fleutan, from Proto-Germanic fleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
offléissen (Luxembourgish): to drain, to run off
Ancestry of “offléissen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Luxembourgish | fléissen | to flow |
| 2 | Middle High German | vlieȥen | — |
| 3 | Old High German | flioȥan | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | fleutan | to float; to stream |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fleutaną | to float, stream |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plewd- | to fly, flow, run |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |