Where does “fljót” come from?

fljót (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic fleutą, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

Ancestry of “fljót”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfleutąriver, stream
2Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “fljót”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fleutą →