Where does “flygge” come from?

flygge (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 “flygge”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flugjaz →