Where does “fugel” come from?

fugel (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic fugl, from Proto-Germanic fuglaz, from Proto-Germanic fluglaz, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

fugel (Old Frisian): bird

Definitions

  1. bird

Ancestry of “fugel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfuglbird
2Proto-Germanicfuglazbird
3Proto-Germanicfluglaz—
4Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “fugel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fleuganą →