Where does “vlegen” come from?

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

vlegen (Middle Low German): to fly; to disperse through the air; to blow

Definitions

  1. to fly; to disperse through the air; to blow

Ancestry of “vlegen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonflioganto 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 “vlegen”

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