Where does “ætfleon” come from?

ætfleon (Old English) comes from Old English æt, from Proto-Turkic āt, from Proto-Germanic ētą, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

ætfleon (Old English): to flee away, eschew; escape by flight

Definitions

  1. to flee away, eschew; escape by flight

Ancestry of “ætfleon”, step by step

ætfleon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English æt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishæteating; at a certain place; at a certain time
2Proto-Turkicātname
3Proto-Germanicētąthe act of eating; food
4Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via Old English flēon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishflēonto flee
2Proto-West Germanicfleuhanto flee
3Proto-Germanicfleuhanąto flee; to escape
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti →Every word from Proto-Germanic etaną →