Where does “flaut” come from?
flaut (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk flyta, from Old Norse fljóta, from Proto-Germanic fleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
flaut (Norwegian Nynorsk): past of flyta
Ancestry of “flaut”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | flyta | to float; to flow |
| 2 | Old Norse | fljóta | to float |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fleutaną | to float, stream |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | plewd- | to fly, flow, run |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |