Where does “Flaunders” come from?

Flaunders (Middle English) comes from Old French Flandres, from Middle Dutch vlaendren, from Old Dutch flāmdra-, from Old Frisian flāmdra-, from Proto-Germanic flaumaz, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

Ancestry of “Flaunders”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchFlandres—
2Middle DutchvlaendrenFlanders
3Old Dutchflāmdra-—
4Old Frisianflāmdra-—
5Proto-Germanicflaumazstream; current; flood; eddy
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “Flaunders”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flaumaz →Every word from Old Dutch flāmdra- →