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Where does “vloet” come from?

vloet (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch fluot, from Proto-West Germanic flōdu, from Proto-Germanic flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European plōw-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

vloet (Middle Dutch): flowing; flow, stream; flood

Definitions

  1. flowing; flow, stream; flood

Ancestry of “vloet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchfluot—
2Proto-West Germanicflōduriver; flood
3Proto-Germanicflōduzriver; flood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplōw-to flow, swim; to pour, wash
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “vloet”

  • vloed
  • toevloed
  • vloedgolf
  • overvloed
  • oervloed
  • vloedzwembad
  • tranenvloed
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