Where does “flōwan” come from?

flōwan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *flōan, from Proto-Germanic flōaną, from Proto-Indo-European plōw-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flōwan (Old English): to flow

Definitions

  1. to flow

Ancestry of “flōwan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*flōanto flow
2Proto-Germanicflōanąto flow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplōw-to flow, swim; to pour, wash
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “flōwan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plōw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flōaną →