Where does “fleche” come from?

fleche (Middle French) comes from Old French fleche, from Vulgar Latin *fleccia, from Frankish fliukkija, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

fleche (Middle French): arrow

Definitions

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Ancestry of “fleche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchflechearrow
2Vulgar Latin*fleccia
3Frankishfliukkija
4Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “fleche

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew-
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