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Where does “fley” come from?

fley (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic flawją, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

Ancestry of “fley”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicflawjąship, vessel
2Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “fley”

  • fley
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