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Where does “flyta” come from?

flyta (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse fljóta, from Proto-Germanic fleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flyta (Norwegian Nynorsk): to float; to flow

Definitions

  1. to float; to flow

Ancestry of “flyta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefljótato float
2Proto-Germanicfleutanąto float, stream
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “flyta”

  • flyt
  • flote
  • flaut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →