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Where does “vlamme” come from?

vlamme (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch flamma, from Old French flamme, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.

vlamme (Middle Dutch): flame

Definitions

  1. flame

Ancestry of “vlamme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchflamma—
2Old Frenchflamme—
3Latinflammaflame, fire
4Latinflāgrāre—
5Latinfrāgrō—
6Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell

Words derived from “vlamme”

  • waakvlam
  • vlam
  • vlammenzee
  • vlamboog
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →