Where does “vlieten” come from?

vlieten (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch flietan, from Proto-West Germanic fleutan, from Proto-Germanic fleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

vlieten (Middle Dutch): to flow; to float; to swim

Definitions

  1. to flow; to float; to swim

Ancestry of “vlieten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchflietanto float; to flow; to melt
2Proto-West Germanicfleutanto float; to stream
3Proto-Germanicfleutanąto float, stream
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “vlieten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fleutaną →