Where does “flien” come from?
flien (Middle English) comes from Old English flēogan, from Old English -ende, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic -andz, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön- — sound, voice.
flien (Middle English): To fly; to travel in the air; To move in the sky;...
Definitions
- To fly; to travel in the air; To move in the sky;...
Ancestry of “flien”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | flēogan | to fly |
| 2 | Old English | -ende | equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present... |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *-andī | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -andz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 6 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 7 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 9 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 10 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | — |
| 11 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
Words derived from “flien”