Where does “fljóta” come from?
fljóta (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic fleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
fljóta (Old Norse): to float
Ancestry of “fljóta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | fleutaną | to float, stream |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | plewd- | to fly, flow, run |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
Words derived from “fljóta”