Where does “floteson” come from?

floteson (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.

floteson (Old French): flotsam

Definitions

  1. flotsam

Ancestry of “floteson”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flutōną →