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.

flegge (Middle English): Able to fly; feathered, fledged

Definitions

  1. Able to fly; feathered, fledged

Ancestry of “flegge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishflyċġeable to fly, fledged
2Proto-West Germanic*flugifledged, feathered
3Proto-Germanicflugjazable to fly, fledged
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “flegge”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flugjaz →