Where does “flegge” come from?
flegge (Middle English) comes from Old English flyċġe, from Proto-West Germanic *flugi, from Proto-Germanic flugjaz, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
Ancestry of “flegge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | flyċġe | able to fly, fledged |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *flugi | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | flugjaz | able to fly, fledged |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
Words derived from “flegge”