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Where does “flewsa” come from?

flewsa (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic flōwisô, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flewsa (Old English): flow, flux, issue; bodily issue, oozing;...

Definitions

  1. flow, flux, issue; bodily issue, oozing;...

Ancestry of “flewsa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicflōwisôflow, flux
2Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
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