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Where does “Vlaminc” come from?

Vlaminc (Middle Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic flaumaz, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

Ancestry of “Vlaminc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicflaumazstream; current; flood; eddy
2Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
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