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

  1. to flow; to float; to swim

Ancestry of “vloten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchfloton—
2Proto-Germanicflutōnąto float; drift
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flutōną →