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Where does “vloer” come from?

vloer (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch fluor, from Proto-Germanic flōraz, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂ros, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

vloer (Middle Dutch): ground; floor; floor, storey

Definitions

  1. ground; floor; floor, storey

Ancestry of “vloer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchfluor—
2Proto-Germanicflōrazground; floor
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂rosflat; floor
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

Words derived from “vloer”

  • vloerwerk
  • dansvloer
  • vloerkleed
  • vloer
  • werkvloer
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