Where does “*flām” come from?

*flām (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic flaumaz, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

Ancestry of “*flām”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicflaumazstream; current; flood; eddy
2Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “*flām”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flaumaz →