Where does “flaum” come from?

flaum (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Middle High German phlūme, from Old High German phlūma, from Latin plūma, from Proto-Italic plouksmā, from Proto-Indo-European plúnksneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European plú-n-k-, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flaum (Norwegian Nynorsk): flood

Definitions

  1. flood

Ancestry of “flaum”, step by step

flaum traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German phlūme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanphlūme—
2Old High Germanphlūma—
3Latinplūmafeather, plume
4Proto-Italicplouksmā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplúnksneh₂feather
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplú-n-k-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Middle Low German vlamme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvlamme—
2Latinflammaflame, fire
3Latinflāgrāre—
4Latinfrāgrōto emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of
5Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell

via Old Norse flaumr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseflaumreddy
2Proto-Germanicflaumazstream; current; flood; eddy
3Proto-Germanic-ingazForms derivatives of nouns with sense of...

Words derived from “flaum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plú-n-k- →