Where does “flotter” come from?

flotter (Middle French) comes from Old French floter, from Frankish flotōn, from Proto-Germanic flutōną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flotter (Middle French): to float

Definitions

  1. to float

Ancestry of “flotter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfloterto float
2Frankishflotōnto float, swim
3Proto-Germanicflutōnąto float; drift
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “flotter”

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