Where does “flóki” come from?

flóki (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic flukkōn-, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flóki (Old Norse): tuft of hair

Definitions

  1. tuft of hair

Ancestry of “flóki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicflukkōn-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “flóki”

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