Where does “flō” come from?

flō (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic flauh, from Proto-Germanic flauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European plówkos, from Proto-Indo-European plúsis — flea.

flō (Old Dutch): flea

Definitions

  1. flea

Ancestry of “flō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicflauhflea
2Proto-Germanicflauhazflea
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplówkos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplúsisflea

Words derived from “flō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plúsis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plówkos →Every word from Proto-Germanic flauhaz →