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Where does “flyt” come from?

flyt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål flyte, from Old Norse fljóta, from Proto-Germanic fleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flyt (Norwegian Bokmål): flow; imperative of flyte

Definitions

  1. flow; imperative of flyte

Ancestry of “flyt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålflyteto float; to flow; run; to overflow
2Old Norsefljótato float
3Proto-Germanicfleutanąto float, stream
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
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