Where does “flit” come from?

flit (Middle English) comes from Old Norse flytja, from Proto-Germanic flutjaną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

Ancestry of “flit”, step by step

flit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse flytja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseflytjato move
2Proto-Germanicflutjanąto move, flutter
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Old English flīt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishflītargument, fight
2Proto-Germanicflītaz—

Words derived from “flit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flutjaną →