Where does “forþflowan” come from?
forþflowan (Old English) comes from Old English flōwan, from Proto-West Germanic *flōan, from Proto-Germanic flōaną, from Proto-Indo-European plōw-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
forþflowan (Old English): to flow forth
Ancestry of “forþflowan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | flōwan | to flow |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *flōan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | flōaną | to flow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | plōw- | to flow, swim; to pour, wash |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |