Where does “vloite” come from?
vloite (Middle Low German) comes from Middle Dutch vloite, from Old French flahute, from Latin flātus, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
Ancestry of “vloite”, step by step
vloite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Dutch vloite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | vloite | — |
| 2 | Old French | flahute | — |
| 3 | Latin | flātus | blowing, breathing, snorting |
| 4 | Latin | flō | to breathe, blow |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Old French fleüte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | fleüte | Alternative form of fleute |
| 2 | Italian | flauto | flute; recorder |
| 3 | Old Occitan | flaüt | flute musical instrument |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *flabeolum | — |
| 5 | Latin | flare | present active infinitive of flō; second-person... |