Where does “fløyta” come from?
fløyta (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-.
fløyta (Norwegian Nynorsk): to move about in water by floating (in a specific direction)
Definitions
- to move about in water by floating (in a specific direction)
Ancestry of “fløyta”, step by step
fløyta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk fløyte
| 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- | — |
via Old Norse fleyta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |