Where does “flyte” come from?
flyte (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse fljóta, from Proto-Germanic fleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
flyte (Norwegian Bokmål): to float; to flow; run; to overflow
Definitions
- to float; to flow; run; to overflow
Ancestry of “flyte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | fljóta | to float |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | fleutaną | to float, stream |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | plewd- | to fly, flow, run |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
Words derived from “flyte”