Where does “flyġe” come from?

flyġe (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic flugiz, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flyġe (Old English): (a) flight, flying

Definitions

  1. (a) flight, flying

Ancestry of “flyġe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicflugizflight, flying
2Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fleuganą →