Where does “flioȥan” come from?

flioȥan (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic fleutan, from Proto-Germanic fleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flioȥan (Old High German): to flow, to run

Definitions

  1. to flow, to run

Ancestry of “flioȥan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfleutanto float; to stream
2Proto-Germanicfleutanąto float, stream
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “flioȥan

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewd-Every word from Proto-Germanic fleutaną
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