Where does “vliegen” come from?

vliegen (Middle High German) comes from Old High German fliogan, from Proto-West Germanic fleugan, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

vliegen (Middle High German): to fly

Definitions

  1. to fly

Ancestry of “vliegen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanflioganto fly
2Proto-West Germanicfleuganto fly
3Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “vliegen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fleuganą →