Where does “geflieman” come from?

geflieman (Old English) comes from Old English flīeman, from Old English flēam, from Norwegian Nynorsk flaum, from Middle High German phlūme, from Old High German phlūma, from Latin plūma, from Proto-Italic plouksmā, from Proto-Indo-European plúnksneh₂ — to fly, flow, run.

geflieman (Old English): to drive away, put to flight, banish

Definitions

  1. to drive away, put to flight, banish

Ancestry of “geflieman”, step by step

geflieman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English flīeman

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishflīemanto put to flight, drive away, banish
2Old Englishflēamfleeing; flight; rush; flight
3Norwegian Nynorskflaumflood
4Middle High Germanphlūme—
5Old High Germanphlūma—
6Latinplūmafeather, plume
7Proto-Italicplouksmā—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplúnksneh₂feather
9Proto-Indo-Europeanplú-n-k-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
11Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Old English ġē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġēye
2Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
3Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4Proto-Germanic-hwe—
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plú-n-k- →