Where does “floti” come from?

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

floti (Old Norse): fleet

Definitions

  1. fleet

Ancestry of “floti”, step by step

floti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic flutô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicflutôA float; flotation device; A raft; boat; ship
2Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Proto-Germanic flutōną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicflutōnąto float; drift

Words derived from “floti”

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