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

Definitions

  1. to flow forth

Ancestry of “forþflowan”, step by step

forþflowan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English flōwan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishflōwanto flow
2Proto-West Germanic*flōanto flow
3Proto-Germanicflōanąto flow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplōw-to flow, swim; to pour, wash
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Old English forþ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishforþ"expresses the continuation of an action"; out,...
2Proto-Germanicfurþąforward
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥to-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plōw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flōaną →
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