Where does “fløyt” come from?
fløyt (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk fløyte, from Middle Low German vloite, from Middle Dutch vloite, from Old French flahute, from Latin flātus, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-.
fløyt (Norwegian Nynorsk): a fluting sound; a whistle; an act of making...
Definitions
- a fluting sound; a whistle; an act of making...
Ancestry of “fløyt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | fløyte | a flute; a whistle; to blow in a flute or whistle |
| 2 | Middle Low German | vloite | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | vloite | — |
| 4 | Old French | flahute | — |
| 5 | Latin | flātus | blowing, breathing, snorting |
| 6 | Latin | flō | to breathe, blow |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |