Where does “flēogan” come from?
flēogan (Old English) comes from Old English -ende, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic -andz, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön-, from Turkish ön — sound, voice.
flēogan (Old English): to fly
Ancestry of “flēogan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | -ende | equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present... |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *-andī | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -andz | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 5 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 6 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 7 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 8 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 9 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | — |
| 10 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
Words derived from “flēogan”