Where does “fløte” come from?
fløte (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse fleyta, from Proto-Germanic flautijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
fløte (Norwegian Bokmål): cream; to float logs
Ancestry of “fløte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | fleyta | to set afloat, launch; to lift slightly from the... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | flautijaną | to make float; to make flow |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 6 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “fløte”