Where does “flotage” come from?

flotage (Old French) comes from Old French floter, from Frankish flotōn, from Proto-Germanic flutōną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flotage (Old French): act of diverting water from a river to a meadow...

Definitions

  1. act of diverting water from a river to a meadow...

Ancestry of “flotage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfloterto float
2Frankishflotōnto float, swim
3Proto-Germanicflutōnąto float; drift
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “flotage”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flutōną →
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