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Where does “sinfluot” come from?

sinfluot (Old High German) comes from Old High German fluot, from Proto-West Germanic flōdu, from Proto-Germanic flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European plōw-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

Ancestry of “sinfluot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanfluotflood
2Proto-West Germanicflōduriver; flood
3Proto-Germanicflōduzriver; flood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplōw-to flow, swim; to pour, wash
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “sinfluot”

  • Sintflut
  • sintflutartig
  • sinvluot
  • sintvluot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →