Etymology Explorer › Middle Low German

Where does “vlīt” come from?

vlīt (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon flīt, from Proto-West Germanic flīt, from Proto-Germanic flītaz.

Ancestry of “vlīt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonflīt—
2Proto-West Germanicflīt—
3Proto-Germanicflītaz—

Words derived from “vlīt”

  • flit
  • flit
Every word from Proto-Germanic flītaz →