Where does “flītan” come from?

flītan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic flītan, from Proto-Germanic flītaz.

flītan (Old English): to strive, contend

Definitions

  1. to strive, contend

Ancestry of “flītan”, step by step

flītan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic flītan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicflītanto strive, fight
2Proto-Germanicflītaz—

via Proto-Germanic *flītan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*flītan—

Words derived from “flītan”

Every word from Proto-Germanic flītaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic flītan →