Where does “vloten” come from?
vloten (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch floton, from Proto-Germanic flutōną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
vloten (Middle Dutch): to flow; to float; to swim
Definitions
- to flow; to float; to swim
Ancestry of “vloten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Dutch | floton | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | flutōną | to float; drift |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | plewd- | to fly, flow, run |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |