Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “flyt” come from?

flyt (Middle English) comes from Old English flīt, from Proto-Germanic flītaz.

Ancestry of “flyt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishflīt—
2Proto-Germanicflītaz—

Words derived from “flyt”

  • flyting
  • flyte
  • flite
Every word from Proto-Germanic flītaz →