Where does “floton” come from?
floton (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic flutōną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
Ancestry of “floton”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | flutōną | to float; drift |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | plewd- | to fly, flow, run |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
Words derived from “floton”