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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicflutōnąto float; drift
2Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “floton

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewd-Every word from Proto-Germanic flutōną